Proto-Austronesian

E99741

Proto-Austronesian is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Austronesian language family, from which languages such as Javanese, Tagalog, and Malay are derived.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Proto-Austronesian canonical 16
Proto-Austronesian language 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
proto-language
reconstructed language
belongsToLanguageFamily Austronesian language family
hasApproximateHomeland Taiwan
island Southeast Asia
hasEstimatedDating circa 4000–3000 BCE
hasLexicalReconstruction *anak ‘child’
*baqeRu ‘new’
*inum ‘drink’
*ma-qatej ‘dead’
*ma-qatej ‘die’
*ma-qayaw ‘go up’
*pusa ‘cat’
*qabu ‘ash’
*qasu ‘smoke’
*qaya ‘what’
hasMorphologicalFeature affixation
focus system
reduplication
voice system
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasal consonants
contrastive stops
simple vowel system
hasReconstructionMethod comparative method
hasResearchField comparative Austronesian linguistics
historical linguistics
hasStatus reconstructed
unattested
hasSubgroup Proto-Formosan
linked to: Formosan languages

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
hasSyntacticFeature Austronesian alignment
verb-initial word order
hasTimeDepth Neolithic period
linked to: Stone Age
hasWritingSystem none
isAncestorOf Austronesian languages
Cebuano
linked to: Cebuano language

Chamorro
Fijian
linked to: Fijian languages

Formosan languages
Hawaiian
Ilocano
linked to: Ilocano language

Indonesian
Javanese
Malagasy
Malay
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Maori
linked to: Māori

Oceanic languages
Philippine languages
Rapa Nui
linked to: Easter Island

Samoan
Tagalog
Tongan
studiedBy Otto Dempwolff
Paul Jen-kuei Li
Robert Blust

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Modern Javanese hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Southern Luzon languages hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian
Marshallese language group hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian
Marquesic languages hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian
Winaray hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Ulithian hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Baeggu hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian
Simbo hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Iwak language hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian
Bugotu hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Talise hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Fataleka hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Proto-Sino-Tibetan comparedTo Proto-Austronesian
Nggela language hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian
Austronesian linguistics studies Proto-Austronesian
Butuanon hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian
Hoava hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Naman hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Waihonga language hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian
Vaitupu dialect hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian
Blablanga language hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Baniata hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Vangunu hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Mota hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Suwawa language hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian
Marau language hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian
Maanyan language hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Mangaian dialect hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian
Mitiaro dialect hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
linked to: Proto-Austronesian