Proto-Polynesian language
E170051
The Proto-Polynesian language is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Polynesian languages, from which groups like the Marquesic and Tongic branches historically developed.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proto-Polynesian language canonical | 5 |
| Proto-Polynesian | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1308261 — 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-Polynesian language Context triple: [Marquesic languages, hasAncestor, Proto-Polynesian language]
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A.
Polynesian languages
Polynesian languages are a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across the Polynesian islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, including languages such as Māori, Hawaiian, and Samoan.
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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.
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.
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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-Austronesian
Proto-Austronesian is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Austronesian language family, from which languages such as Javanese, Tagalog, and Malay are derived.
- 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-Polynesian language Target entity description: The Proto-Polynesian language is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Polynesian languages, from which groups like the Marquesic and Tongic branches historically developed.
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A.
Polynesian languages
Polynesian languages are a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across the Polynesian islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, including languages such as Māori, Hawaiian, and Samoan.
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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.
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.
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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-Austronesian
Proto-Austronesian is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Austronesian language family, from which languages such as Javanese, Tagalog, and Malay are derived.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Eastern Polynesian languages
ⓘ
Hawaiian language ⓘ Te Reo Māori ⓘ
surface form:
Maori language
Marquesic languages ⓘ Niuean language ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Nuclear Polynesian languages
Polynesian languages ⓘ Rapa Nui language ⓘ Samoan language ⓘ Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup ⓘ
surface form:
Samoic-Outlier languages
Tahitian language ⓘ Tokelauan language ⓘ Tongan language ⓘ Tongic languages ⓘ Tuvaluan language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
PPN
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Proto-Polynesian language ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Polynesian
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| hasDescendant |
Proto-Nuclear Polynesian language
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Proto-Tongic language ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature | shared basic vocabulary across Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
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singular dual plural number distinction in pronouns ⓘ use of possessive classifiers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
predominantly open syllables
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simple syllable structure ⓘ small consonant inventory ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no ISO 639 code (reconstructed language) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian language family
|
| reconstructedBy | comparative method ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom |
Hawaiian language
ⓘ
Maori language ⓘ Niuean language ⓘ Nuclear Polynesian languages ⓘ Rarotongan language ⓘ Samoan language ⓘ Tahitian language ⓘ Tongan language ⓘ Tonganic languages ⓘ |
| region |
Central Pacific
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Polynesian Triangle ⓘ
surface form:
Polynesian Triangle (as ancestral homeland area)
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| studiedIn |
Austronesian linguistics
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historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Proto-Oceanic language ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| timeDepth | late 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no native writing system ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Proto-Polynesian language Description of subject: The Proto-Polynesian language is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Polynesian languages, from which groups like the Marquesic and Tongic branches historically developed.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Proto-Polynesian
this entity surface form:
Proto-Polynesian