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 |
|---|---|
| Dawan language | — |
| Rote languages | Austronesian languages |
| Sawunese language | — |
| Utsat language | — |
| Binukid | — |
| Malay | — |
| Surigaonon | — |
| Gilbertese language | — |
| Rarotongan | Eastern Polynesian language |
| Gela language | — |
| Celebic languages | Austronesian languages |
| Formosan languages | Austronesian languages |
| Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language | Austronesian proto-language |
| Mangarevan language group | Polynesian language subgroup |
| Tokelauan language group | Polynesian language subgroup |
| Naoero language | — |
| Gilbertese language group | Micronesian language group |
| Nakanai | — |
| Kinaray-a | — |
| Marquesic languages | Austronesian languages |
| home language by many speakers in Negros Occidental | — |
| Carolinean languages | Austronesian languages |
| Vanuatu languages | Oceanic languages |
|
Gaddang
surface form:
Gaddang language
|
— |
|
Yogad
surface form:
Yogad language
|
— |
| Ifugao languages | Austronesian languages |
| Minahasan languages | Austronesian languages |
|
Nakanai people
surface form:
Nakanai language
|
— |
| Kosraean | — |
| Tetum | — |
| Bughotu | — |
| Waray of Samar | Austronesian language variety |
| Romblomanon | — |
| Itawit | — |
| Sambal | — |
| Bolinao | — |
| Isnag | — |
| Agutaynen | — |
| Kamayo | — |
| Rinconada | Bikol language variety |
| Sasak language group | — |
| Agta languages | Austronesian languages |
|
Fataleka people
surface form:
Fataleka language
|
— |
| Bontoc | — |
| Albay Bikol | — |
| Chuukese language | — |
| Cham language | — |
|
To'abaita people
surface form:
To'abaita language
|
— |
| Bikol Central | — |
| Pampangan | — |