Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification)
E179765
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) is a historical subgrouping of the Austronesian language family that encompasses many of the languages of western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) canonical | 2 |
| Western Malayo-Polynesian languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1575674 — 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: Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) Context triple: [Sasak language group, belongsTo, Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification)]
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A.
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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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.
Southeast Solomonic languages
The Southeast Solomonic languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southeastern Solomon Islands.
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E.
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages are a major subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, spoken across parts of Melanesia and Polynesia and known for their shared phonological and grammatical innovations.
- 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: Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) Target entity description: Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) is a historical subgrouping of the Austronesian language family that encompasses many of the languages of western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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A.
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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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.
Southeast Solomonic languages
The Southeast Solomonic languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southeastern Solomon Islands.
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E.
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages are a major subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, spoken across parts of Melanesia and Polynesia and known for their shared phonological and grammatical innovations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language classification
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linguistic subgroup ⓘ |
| basedOn | geographical distribution of languages ⓘ |
| consideredByManyLinguists | not a valid genetic subgroup ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
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surface form:
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
|
| coversRegion |
parts of mainland Southeast Asia
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parts of the Pacific ⓘ western Island Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| excludes |
Formosan languages
ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | WMP ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
disfavored in modern Austronesian linguistics
ⓘ
largely obsolete classification ⓘ |
| hasSuperordinate | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Acehnese
ⓘ
Balinese ⓘ Bikol language ⓘ
surface form:
Bikol
Buginese ⓘ Cebuano language ⓘ
surface form:
Cebuano
Cham ⓘ Chamorro ⓘ Hiligaynon language ⓘ
surface form:
Hiligaynon
Ilocano language ⓘ
surface form:
Ilocano
Indonesian ⓘ Javanese ⓘ Kapampangan ⓘ Madurese ⓘ Maguindanaon ⓘ Makassarese ⓘ Malay ⓘ Maranao ⓘ Minangkabau ⓘ Palauan ⓘ Sundanese ⓘ Tagalog ⓘ Tausug ⓘ |
| includesLanguagesFrom |
Borneo
ⓘ
Java ⓘ Malay Peninsula ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Celebes ⓘ
surface form:
Sulawesi
Sumatra ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian language family
|
| proposedInField |
Austronesian linguistics
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian studies
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| replacedBy | more fine-grained Austronesian subgroupings ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian language family
|
| usedIn | traditional classifications of Austronesian languages ⓘ |
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: Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) Description of subject: Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) is a historical subgrouping of the Austronesian language family that encompasses many of the languages of western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Malayo-Polynesian languages
→
hasSubgroup
→
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification)
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages