Austronesian linguistics
E138030
Austronesian linguistics is the branch of linguistics that studies the structure, history, and classification of the Austronesian language family, one of the world’s largest and most geographically widespread language groups.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Austronesian linguistics canonical | 12 |
| Austronesian comparative linguistics | 3 |
| Austronesian historical linguistics | 1 |
| Austronesian studies | 1 |
| Austronesianists | 1 |
| Oceanic linguistics | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1204624 — 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: Austronesian linguistics Context triple: [Greater North Borneo languages, hasResearchField, Austronesian linguistics]
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A.
Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
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B.
Proto-Austronesian
Proto-Austronesian is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Austronesian language family, from which languages such as Javanese, Tagalog, and Malay are derived.
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C.
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and the Pacific, including languages such as Indonesian, Tagalog, Javanese, and Malagasy.
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D.
Austroasiatic
Austroasiatic is a large and ancient language family of mainland Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia, including languages such as Khmer, Vietnamese, and Mon.
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E.
Meso-Melanesian languages
The Meso-Melanesian languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
- 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: Austronesian linguistics Target entity description: Austronesian linguistics is the branch of linguistics that studies the structure, history, and classification of the Austronesian language family, one of the world’s largest and most geographically widespread language groups.
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A.
Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
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B.
Proto-Austronesian
Proto-Austronesian is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Austronesian language family, from which languages such as Javanese, Tagalog, and Malay are derived.
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C.
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and the Pacific, including languages such as Indonesian, Tagalog, Javanese, and Malagasy.
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D.
Austroasiatic
Austroasiatic is a large and ancient language family of mainland Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia, including languages such as Khmer, Vietnamese, and Mon.
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E.
Meso-Melanesian languages
The Meso-Melanesian languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | branch of linguistics ⓘ |
| concerns |
one of the world’s largest language families
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one of the world’s most geographically widespread language families ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
classification of Austronesian languages
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comparative study of Austronesian languages ⓘ historical reconstruction of Austronesian ⓘ history of Austronesian languages ⓘ language change in Austronesian languages ⓘ language contact in Austronesian regions ⓘ language typology of Austronesian languages ⓘ lexicon of Austronesian languages ⓘ morphology of Austronesian languages ⓘ phonology of Austronesian languages ⓘ structure of Austronesian languages ⓘ syntax of Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| hasSubfield |
Austronesian comparative phonology
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Austronesian historical linguistics ⓘ Austronesian language documentation ⓘ Austronesian morphosyntax ⓘ Austronesian sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
language classification in the Asia-Pacific region
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reconstructing Austronesian prehistory ⓘ studying human migration in the Pacific and Indian Oceans ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Austronesian languages
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surface form:
Austronesian language family
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| studies |
Acehnese
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surface form:
Acehnese language
Austronesian languages ⓘ Balinese language ⓘ Bikol language ⓘ
surface form:
Bikol languages
Bornean Austronesian languages ⓘ Buginese language ⓘ Cebuano language ⓘ Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Chamorro ⓘ
surface form:
Chamorro language
Fijian language ⓘ Formosan languages ⓘ Hawaiian language ⓘ Ilocano language ⓘ Indonesian language ⓘ Javanese ⓘ
surface form:
Javanese language
Malagasy language ⓘ Malay language ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Te Reo Māori ⓘ
surface form:
Maori language
Marshallese language ⓘ Micronesian languages ⓘ Niuean language ⓘ Oceanic languages ⓘ Palauan ⓘ
surface form:
Palauan language
Philippine languages ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ Proto-Austronesian ⓘ Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Rapa Nui language ⓘ Samoan language ⓘ South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages ⓘ Sulawesi Austronesian languages ⓘ Tagalog ⓘ
surface form:
Tagalog language
Tahitian language ⓘ Tetum language ⓘ Tokelauan language ⓘ Tongan language ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
comparative method
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descriptive linguistics ⓘ fieldwork ⓘ internal reconstruction ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Austronesian linguistics Description of subject: Austronesian linguistics is the branch of linguistics that studies the structure, history, and classification of the Austronesian language family, one of the world’s largest and most geographically widespread language groups.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oceanic linguistics
this entity surface form:
Austronesianists
this entity surface form:
Austronesian comparative linguistics
this entity surface form:
Austronesian comparative linguistics
this entity surface form:
Austronesian comparative linguistics
this entity surface form:
Austronesian historical linguistics
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification)
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proposedInField
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Austronesian linguistics
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this entity surface form:
Austronesian studies