Proto-Oceanic language
E142453
The Proto-Oceanic language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, from which many Pacific languages ultimately developed.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proto-Oceanic | 14 |
| Proto-Oceanic language canonical | 12 |
| Proto-Central Pacific language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1243070 — 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: Proto-Oceanic language Context triple: [Central Pacific languages, descendsFrom, Proto-Oceanic language]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Ellicean languages
Ellicean languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in parts of Polynesia, including Tuvalu and surrounding island regions.
- 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: Proto-Oceanic language Target entity description: The Proto-Oceanic language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, from which many Pacific languages ultimately developed.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Ellicean languages
Ellicean languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in parts of Polynesia, including Tuvalu and surrounding island regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian proto-language
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Central Pacific languages
ⓘ
Micronesian languages ⓘ Oceanic languages ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ Remote Oceanic languages ⓘ many Melanesian languages ⓘ |
| belongsToBranch | Oceanic branch of Austronesian ⓘ |
| classification | branch-level proto-language within Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Austronesian linguistics
ⓘ
Oceanic Linguistics ⓘ
surface form:
Oceanic linguistics
|
| hasAlternativeName |
POc
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Proto-Oceanic ⓘ |
| hasConcept | nuclear Oceanic subgroup (derived from it) ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Proto-Oceanic language
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Central Pacific language
Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Meso-Melanesian language
Proto-Micronesian language ⓘ Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-North New Guinea language
Proto-North and Central Vanuatu language ⓘ Proto-Polynesian language ⓘ Vanuatu languages ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-South Vanuatu language
Southeast Solomonic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Southeast Solomonic language
|
| hasInfluenceOn |
models of Austronesian migration
ⓘ
reconstruction of Pacific prehistory ⓘ |
| hasLexiconDomain |
elaborate kinship terminology (reconstructed)
ⓘ
rich maritime vocabulary (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verbal morphology (reconstructed)
ⓘ
possessive classifiers (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrast between voiced and voiceless stops (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalSystem | simple five-vowel system (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| hasReconstructionType | comparative reconstruction ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SVO word order (commonly reconstructed) ⓘ |
| isBasisFor |
reconstruction of Proto-Polynesian lexicon
ⓘ
reconstruction of Proto-Polynesian phonology ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian language family
|
| reconstructedBy |
comparative method
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bismarck Archipelago
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surface form:
Bismarck Archipelago (reconstructed homeland)
Melanesia ⓘ
surface form:
Near Oceania (reconstructed region)
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| status |
known only through reconstruction
ⓘ
not directly attested ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Austronesian linguists ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 1st millennium BCE (approximate scholarly estimate)
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late 2nd millennium BCE (approximate scholarly estimate) ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none (unwritten language) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Proto-Oceanic language Description of subject: The Proto-Oceanic language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, from which many Pacific languages ultimately developed.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Central Pacific language
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Oceanic
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Proto-Oceanic