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 |
|---|---|
| Patani language | — |
| Kisar-Yotowawa | — |
| Balaesang | — |
| Weda-Sawai | Austronesian language variety |
| Tonsea | — |
| Philippine languages | Austronesian languages |
| Central Bikol | — |
| Rinconada Bikol | Bikol language variety |
| Partido Bikol | Bikol language variety |
| Hawu | — |
| Ngadha language | — |
| Mount Iraya Agta Bikol | Bikol language variety |
| Bobongko language | — |
| Karay-a | — |
| Batui language | — |
| Kuyonon | — |
| Galela language | — |
| Bacan Malay | — |
| Bacanese | — |
| ʼAreʼare dialect cluster | — |
| Gulaʼalaa language | — |
| Kwareʼae language | — |
| Cuyoño | — |
| Sikka | — |
| Sara Sikka | — |
| Kedang | — |
| Kedangese | — |
| Kedang (Lembata) | — |
| Ngada language | — |
| Nage-Keo | — |
| Nage language | — |
| Hewa (Flores–Lembata) | — |
| Maranaw | — |
| Moro languages | Austronesian languages |
| Mëranaw language | — |
| Suwawa | — |
| Bonda’ | — |
| Meranao language | — |
| Suawa | — |
|
Kwaio
surface form:
Kwaio language
|
— |
| Kwayo | — |
|
Lengo people
surface form:
Lengo language
|
— |
| Maba language | — |
| Numfor language | — |
| Woi language | — |
| Meoswar language | — |
| Roon language | — |
| Waropen language | — |
| Yaur language | — |
| Yeretuar language | — |