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 |
|---|---|
| Lakona language | Oceanic language |
| Nume language | Oceanic language |
| Dorig language | Oceanic language |
| Hiu language | Oceanic language |
| Surigaonon Bisaya | Visayan language |
| Ontong Java language | Polynesian language |
| Alangan | Philippine language |
| Iraya | Philippine language |
| Batak (Palawan) | Philippine language |
| Tadyawan | Philippine language |
| Futunan | Polynesian language |
| Kalagan language | Philippine language |
| Ifalik language | Oceanic language |
| Ilocano language | Philippine language |
| Babatana language | Oceanic language |
| Vaghena language | Oceanic language |
| Dakaka | Oceanic language |
| Pak Island language | Oceanic language |
| Leipon language | Oceanic language |
| Ulithian | Oceanic language |
| Ilonggo language | Philippine language |
| Refaluwasch language | — |
| Hiligaynon language | Philippine language |