Proto-Bisayan

E179461
Austronesian proto-language proto-language reconstructed language

Proto-Bisayan is the reconstructed common ancestor language from which the various Bisayan (Visayan) languages of the central Philippines are believed to have evolved.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Proto-Bisaya 1
Proto-Bisayan canonical 1
Proto-Central Philippine language 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian proto-language ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ
reconstructed language ⓘ
ancestorOf Aklanon ⓘ
Butuanon ⓘ
Capiznon ⓘ
Cebuano language ⓘ
surface form: Cebuano

Hiligaynon language ⓘ
surface form: Hiligaynon

Kinaray-a ⓘ
Masbateño ⓘ
Romblomanon ⓘ
Surigaonon ⓘ
Waray of Samar ⓘ
surface form: Waray-Waray

various Bisayan languages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Proto-Bisayan ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Bisaya

Proto-Bisayan ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Visayan
hasDescendant modern Bisayan languages ⓘ
hasISOCode none ⓘ
hasLexicon reconstructed core vocabulary ⓘ
hasPhonologicalSystem reconstructed phoneme inventory ⓘ
hasWritingSystem none ⓘ
influenced lexicon of Bisayan languages ⓘ
morphology of Bisayan languages ⓘ
phonology of Bisayan languages ⓘ
syntax of Bisayan languages ⓘ
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
languageFamily Austronesian ⓘ
languageGroup Central Philippine ⓘ
notAttestedInWriting true ⓘ
partOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Philippine languages

Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
reconstructedBy comparative method ⓘ
reconstructedFrom Cebuano data ⓘ
Hiligaynon data ⓘ
Waray-Waray data ⓘ
other Bisayan language data ⓘ
reconstructionStatus hypothetical ⓘ
region Visayas ⓘ
parts of Mindanao ⓘ
spokenIn central Philippines ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
studiedIn Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subfamilyOf Visayan languages ⓘ
surface form: Bisayan languages
timeDepth precolonial period ⓘ
usedFor etymological research in Bisayan languages ⓘ
internal classification of Bisayan languages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Proto-Bisayan
Description of subject: Proto-Bisayan is the reconstructed common ancestor language from which the various Bisayan (Visayan) languages of the central Philippines are believed to have evolved.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bisayan languages subgroup → historicalAncestor → Proto-Bisayan ⓘ
Proto-Bisayan → hasAlternativeName → Proto-Bisayan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Visayan
Proto-Bisayan → hasAlternativeName → Proto-Bisayan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Bisaya
Rinconada → hasAncestorLanguage → Proto-Bisayan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Central Philippine language