Malayo-Polynesian language
C968
concept
A Malayo-Polynesian language is a member of a large branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and the Pacific islands, characterized by shared phonological, grammatical, and lexical features.
All labels observed (18)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oceanic language | 261 |
| Philippine language | 148 |
| Malayo-Polynesian language canonical | 81 |
| Polynesian language | 45 |
| Austronesian languages subgroup | 43 |
| Austronesian language subgroup | 33 |
| Central Philippine language | 15 |
| Austronesian language group | 11 |
| Malayic language | 11 |
| Visayan language | 11 |
| branch of Austronesian languages | 8 |
| Bisayan language | 5 |
| Meso-Melanesian language | 2 |
| Southeast Solomonic language | 2 |
| Central Malayo-Polynesian language | 1 |
| Javanese language | 1 |
| Old Javanese | 1 |
| Proto-Philippine language | 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: Malayo-Polynesian language
Generated description
A Malayo-Polynesian language is a member of a large branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and the Pacific islands, characterized by shared phonological, grammatical, and lexical features.
Instances (623)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Faga Uvea | Polynesian language |
| Fagauvea | Oceanic language |
| Pitu Ulunna Salu | — |
| Sye language | Oceanic language |
| Ura language | Oceanic language |
| Alangan language | Philippine language |
| Futuna-Aniwa | Polynesian language |
| Winaray | Philippine language |
| Ouvéa Uvean | Polynesian language |
| Southeast Maluku languages | Austronesian language subgroup |
| Brooke’s Point Palawano language | Philippine language |
| Fataleka (Solomon Islands) | Oceanic language |
| Longgu | Oceanic language |
| Aru | Austronesian language group |
| North Marquesan | Polynesian language |
| Uvean language | Polynesian language |
| Niuafou | Polynesian language |
| Ayta of Sorsogon | Philippine language |
| Quezon Palawano language | Philippine language |
| Whitesands language | Oceanic language |
| West Tanna | Oceanic language |
| Volow | Oceanic language |
| Mota language | Oceanic language |
| Motlav | Oceanic language |
| Papitalai language | Oceanic language |
| Baluan-Pam language | Oceanic language |
| Mondropolon language | Oceanic language |
| Sori-Harengan language | Oceanic language |
| Seimat language | Oceanic language |
| Koro language (Papua New Guinea) | Oceanic language |
| Kurti language | Oceanic language |
| Bipi language | Oceanic language |
| Mokerang language | Oceanic language |
| Drehet language | Oceanic language |
| Kele language (Papua New Guinea) | Oceanic language |
| Nali language | Oceanic language |
| Likum language | Oceanic language |
| Harengan language | Oceanic language |
| Loniu language | Oceanic language |
| Nyindrou language | Oceanic language |
| Mori Atas group | Austronesian language subgroup |
| Muna–Buton | Austronesian languages subgroup |
| South Marquesan | Polynesian language |
| Wuvulu-Aua language | Oceanic language |
| Tomini | — |
| Tobelo language | — |
| Torres–Bismarck languages | Austronesian language subgroup |
| Central Bikol | Philippine language |
| Karay-a | Philippine language |
| Kuyonon | Philippine language |