Celebic branch of Austronesian
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The Celebic branch of Austronesian is a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family comprising numerous languages spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and surrounding areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Celebic branch of Austronesian canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1481443 — 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: Celebic branch of Austronesian Context triple: [Muna–Buton languages, subgroupOf, Celebic branch of Austronesian]
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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.
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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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.
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages are a proposed group of Austronesian languages spoken mainly in eastern Indonesia, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical innovations that distinguish them from neighboring Malayo-Polynesian branches.
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E.
Proto-Oceanic language
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.
- 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: Celebic branch of Austronesian Target entity description: The Celebic branch of Austronesian is a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family comprising numerous languages spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and surrounding areas.
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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.
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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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.
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages are a proposed group of Austronesian languages spoken mainly in eastern Indonesia, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical innovations that distinguish them from neighboring Malayo-Polynesian branches.
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E.
Proto-Oceanic language
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Austronesian languages
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Celebic languages ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| familyColor |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| geographicDistribution |
Central Sulawesi
ⓘ
surface form:
central Sulawesi
eastern Sulawesi ⓘ offshore islands near Sulawesi ⓘ southeastern Sulawesi ⓘ |
| glottologClassification | Celebic ⓘ |
| hasBeenStudiedBy |
linguist Bernd Nothofer
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linguist David Mead ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
high internal diversity
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many languages with relatively small speaker populations ⓘ primarily spoken rather than written ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom | Indonesian language (lexical borrowing in many languages) ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Bada language
ⓘ
Banggai language ⓘ Bungku language ⓘ Kaili language ⓘ Mori Atas language ⓘ Muna language ⓘ Pamona language ⓘ Saluan language ⓘ Tolaki language ⓘ Wolio language ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Badaic languages
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Bungku–Tolaki languages ⓘ Kaili–Pamona languages ⓘ Mori Atas group ⓘ Muna–Buton languages ⓘ Saluan–Banggai languages ⓘ Tomini–Tolitoli languages ⓘ Wotu–Wolio languages ⓘ |
| higherClassification |
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages
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surface form:
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian (in some classifications)
|
| isDistinctFrom |
South Sulawesi languages
ⓘ
surface form:
South Sulawesi branch of Austronesian
Sunda–Sulawesi subgroup (in alternative classifications) ⓘ |
| languageStatus | many member languages are endangered ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian language family
|
| primaryRegion |
Celebes
ⓘ
surface form:
Sulawesi
|
| protoLanguage |
Proto-Celebic language
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Celebic
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| reconstructionWork |
Proto-Celebic language
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Celebic
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| researchField | Austronesian linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenBy | various ethnic groups of Sulawesi ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| timeDepth | several millennia of divergence (approximate, inferred) ⓘ |
| typicalWordOrder | SVO (subject–verb–object) in many member languages ⓘ |
| writingSystems | Latin script in many modern languages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Celebic branch of Austronesian Description of subject: The Celebic branch of Austronesian is a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family comprising numerous languages spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and surrounding areas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.