Trans-New Guinea hypothesis
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The Trans-New Guinea hypothesis is a major linguistic proposal that posits a large family of related Papuan languages spread across much of New Guinea and nearby islands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trans-New Guinea hypothesis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16254489 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trans-New Guinea hypothesis Context triple: [Indo-Pacific hypothesis, contrastsWith, Trans-New Guinea hypothesis]
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A.
Sunda-Sulawesi hypothesis
The Sunda-Sulawesi hypothesis is a proposed subgrouping within the Austronesian language family that suggests a closer genetic relationship among certain languages spoken in western Indonesia and surrounding regions.
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B.
Macro-Tucanoan hypothesis
The Macro-Tucanoan hypothesis is a proposed large-scale language family grouping that suggests a distant genetic relationship among several indigenous language families of the western Amazon, including Tucanoan and possibly Cahuapanan.
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C.
Austro-Tai hypothesis
The Austro-Tai hypothesis is a proposed macro-family in historical linguistics that suggests a genetic relationship between the Tai–Kadai languages and the Austronesian language family.
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D.
Austric hypothesis
The Austric hypothesis is a proposed but controversial macro-family theory suggesting a common origin for several language families of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Austroasiatic and Austronesian.
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E.
Hokan hypothesis
The Hokan hypothesis is a proposed linguistic grouping that suggests several Native American language families of western North America may share a common ancestral origin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trans-New Guinea hypothesis Target entity description: The Trans-New Guinea hypothesis is a major linguistic proposal that posits a large family of related Papuan languages spread across much of New Guinea and nearby islands.
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A.
Sunda-Sulawesi hypothesis
The Sunda-Sulawesi hypothesis is a proposed subgrouping within the Austronesian language family that suggests a closer genetic relationship among certain languages spoken in western Indonesia and surrounding regions.
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B.
Macro-Tucanoan hypothesis
The Macro-Tucanoan hypothesis is a proposed large-scale language family grouping that suggests a distant genetic relationship among several indigenous language families of the western Amazon, including Tucanoan and possibly Cahuapanan.
-
C.
Austro-Tai hypothesis
The Austro-Tai hypothesis is a proposed macro-family in historical linguistics that suggests a genetic relationship between the Tai–Kadai languages and the Austronesian language family.
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D.
Austric hypothesis
The Austric hypothesis is a proposed but controversial macro-family theory suggesting a common origin for several language families of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Austroasiatic and Austronesian.
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E.
Hokan hypothesis
The Hokan hypothesis is a proposed linguistic grouping that suggests several Native American language families of western North America may share a common ancestral origin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.