Austronesian language
C967
concept
An Austronesian language is any member of a large family of languages spoken from Madagascar across Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific to Easter Island, characterized by shared phonological, grammatical, and lexical features tracing back to a common ancestral tongue.
All labels observed (19)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Austronesian language canonical | 973 |
| Austronesian languages | 44 |
| Austronesian language variety | 29 |
| Micronesian language | 21 |
| Eastern Polynesian language | 11 |
| Austronesian proto-language | 7 |
| Bikol language variety | 5 |
| Oceanic languages | 5 |
| Polynesian language variety | 5 |
| Philippine language variety | 4 |
| Polynesian language subgroup | 4 |
| Polynesian outlier language | 3 |
| Austronesian dialect | 1 |
| Austronesian lect | 1 |
| Micronesian language group | 1 |
| Old Javanese language | 1 |
| Philippine languages | 1 |
| Polynesian Outlier language | 1 |
| language of the Solomon Islands | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Austronesian language
Generated description
An Austronesian language is any member of a large family of languages spoken from Madagascar across Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific to Easter Island, characterized by shared phonological, grammatical, and lexical features tracing back to a common ancestral tongue.
Instances (1,087)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Kaili of Buru | — |
| Buru languages | Austronesian languages |
| Kayeli | — |
| Uvean language | — |
| Niuafou | — |
| Tawbuid language | — |
| Quezon Palawano language | — |
| Whitesands language | — |
| West Tanna | — |
| Volow | — |
| Mota language | — |
| Motlav | — |
| Papitalai language | — |
| Baluan-Pam language | — |
| Sori-Harengan language | — |
| Seimat language | — |
| Koro language (Papua New Guinea) | — |
| Kurti language | — |
| Bipi language | — |
| Mokerang language | — |
| Ponam language | — |
| Drehet language | — |
| Nali language | — |
| Likum language | — |
| Harengan language | — |
| Loniu language | — |
| Buin language | — |
| Toundanow language | — |
| Ende language | — |
| Nyindrou language | — |
| Cia-Cia | — |
| Pancana | — |
| South Marquesan | Eastern Polynesian language |
| Wuvulu-Aua language | — |
| Tomini | — |
| Dondo | — |
| Dampelas | — |
| Pendau | — |
| Taje | — |
| Tialo | — |
| Totoli | — |
| Boano (Sulawesi) | — |
| Ternate Malay | — |
|
Gane people
surface form:
Gane language
|
— |
| Taba language | — |
| Makian languages | Austronesian languages |
| Tobelo language | — |
| Gebe language | — |
| Buli (Halmahera) | — |
| Weda | — |