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 |
|---|---|
| Tongic languages | Polynesian language subgroup |
| Rotuman language | — |
| Samoan language | — |
| Mount Iraya Agta language | — |
| Nalik | — |
| Notsi | — |
| Zabana | — |
| Baliwon language | — |
| Buhid language | — |
| Hoanya language | — |
| Yami language | — |
| Babuyan language | — |
| West Futunan language | — |
| Hoava language | — |
| Bima language | — |
| Drehu language | — |
| Nengone language | — |
| Paicî language | — |
| Ajië language | — |
| Cèmuhî language | — |
| Nemi language | — |
| Apma | — |
| Paama | — |
| Nafe | — |
| Kwamera | — |
| Vurës | — |
| Lakon | — |
| Lo-Toga | — |
| Hiw | — |
| Mwerlap | — |
| Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin | — |
| Unua | — |
| Raga | — |
| Sakao | — |
| Sri Lankan Malay | — |
| Sambas Malay | Austronesian language variety |
| Kamayo language | — |
| Toraja-Saʼdan language | — |
| Highland Konjo language | — |
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Dawan
surface form:
Dawan language
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— |
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Nafe (Nguna) language
surface form:
Nafe language
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— |
| Naman | — |
| Belitung language | — |
| Hanunoo language | — |
| Palawano languages | Austronesian languages |
| Modern Javanese | — |
| Bintauna language | — |
| Kaidipang language | — |
| Atinggola language | — |
| Bel languages | Austronesian languages |