North New Guinea linkage
E155829
North New Guinea linkage is a subgroup of Western Oceanic languages comprising a cluster of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily along the northern coast of New Guinea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North New Guinea linkage canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1366805 — 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.
Target entity: North New Guinea linkage Context triple: [Western Oceanic languages, hasSubgroup, North New Guinea linkage]
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A.
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world’s second-largest island, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia and known for its extraordinary biodiversity and cultural diversity.
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B.
New Guinea mangroves
New Guinea mangroves are a vast coastal forest ecoregion of salt-tolerant trees and shrubs that provide critical habitat and coastal protection around the shores of New Guinea.
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C.
West Papua
West Papua is a culturally Melanesian region in the western half of New Guinea, administered by Indonesia and known for its rich indigenous traditions and biodiversity.
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D.
New Guinea rain forests
The New Guinea rain forests are vast, biodiverse tropical forests on and around the island of New Guinea, renowned for their high levels of endemism and relatively intact ecosystems.
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E.
Borneo
Borneo is the world’s third-largest island in Southeast Asia, known for its vast rainforests, rich biodiversity, and division among Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: North New Guinea linkage Target entity description: North New Guinea linkage is a subgroup of Western Oceanic languages comprising a cluster of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily along the northern coast of New Guinea.
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A.
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world’s second-largest island, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia and known for its extraordinary biodiversity and cultural diversity.
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B.
New Guinea mangroves
New Guinea mangroves are a vast coastal forest ecoregion of salt-tolerant trees and shrubs that provide critical habitat and coastal protection around the shores of New Guinea.
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C.
West Papua
West Papua is a culturally Melanesian region in the western half of New Guinea, administered by Indonesia and known for its rich indigenous traditions and biodiversity.
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D.
New Guinea rain forests
The New Guinea rain forests are vast, biodiverse tropical forests on and around the island of New Guinea, renowned for their high levels of endemism and relatively intact ecosystems.
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E.
Borneo
Borneo is the world’s third-largest island in Southeast Asia, known for its vast rainforests, rich biodiversity, and division among Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language grouping
ⓘ
Western Oceanic language subgroup ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
cluster of closely related languages
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forms a linkage rather than a single uniform subgroup ⓘ languages show shared grammatical innovations ⓘ languages show shared phonological innovations ⓘ languages show significant lexical similarity ⓘ |
| hasGeographicDistribution |
Indonesia
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Papua New Guinea ⓘ northern coast of New Guinea ⓘ |
| hasHigherLevelClassification |
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
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surface form:
Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Oceanic subgroup of Austronesian ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFamily |
Austronesian languages
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surface form:
Austronesian
|
| hasResearchField |
Austronesian linguistics
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surface form:
Austronesian historical linguistics
Oceanic Linguistics ⓘ
surface form:
Oceanic linguistics
|
| hasSubgroup |
Adelbert Range languages
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Bel languages ⓘ Finisterre–Huon languages ⓘ Huon Gulf languages ⓘ Karkar-Yuri languages ⓘ
surface form:
Karkar–Yuri languages
Kowan languages ⓘ Kumil languages ⓘ Mabuso languages ⓘ Madang languages ⓘ Markham languages ⓘ Ngero–Vitiaz languages ⓘ Rai Coast languages ⓘ Sarmi–Jayapura Bay languages ⓘ Schouten languages ⓘ |
| hasTemporalClassification | modern language subgroup ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMember |
coastal Austronesian language
ⓘ
island Austronesian language ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
Papuan contact influence
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coastal trade networks of northern New Guinea ⓘ |
| isDefinedBy | comparative-historical linguistics ⓘ |
| isSpokenIn |
Bismarck Sea
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surface form:
Bismarck Sea region
coastal regions of northern New Guinea ⓘ |
| isUsedBy | Austronesian-speaking communities of northern New Guinea ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ Western Oceanic branch ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Western Oceanic languages ⓘ |
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Subject: North New Guinea linkage Description of subject: North New Guinea linkage is a subgroup of Western Oceanic languages comprising a cluster of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily along the northern coast of New Guinea.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.