Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language

E258571
Austronesian proto-language proto-language reconstructed language

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family is believed to have descended.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language canonical 26
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 17
Proto-Central Malayo-Polynesian 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian proto-language ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ
reconstructed language ⓘ
ancestorOf Formosan-descended Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Indonesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
Philippine languages ⓘ
attestedIn no written records ⓘ
hasAlternativeName PMP ⓘ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
hasDescendant Cebuano language ⓘ
surface form: Cebuano

Chamorro ⓘ
Fijian languages ⓘ
surface form: Fijian

Hawaiian ⓘ
Ilocano language ⓘ
surface form: Ilocano

Indonesian ⓘ
Javanese ⓘ
Malagasy ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
Māori ⓘ
surface form: Maori

Easter Island ⓘ
surface form: Rapa Nui

Samoan language ⓘ
surface form: Samoan

Tagalog ⓘ
Tongan ⓘ
hasISOCode none ⓘ
hasLexicalItem *anak (reconstructed word for ‘child’) ⓘ
*ma-qatej (reconstructed word for ‘die’) ⓘ
*pitu (reconstructed word for ‘seven’) ⓘ
*qabu (reconstructed word for ‘dust’) ⓘ
*qabuR (reconstructed word for ‘ash’) ⓘ
*qasu (reconstructed word for ‘smoke’) ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature affixation ⓘ
focus system (reconstructed) ⓘ
voice alternations ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasal consonants ⓘ
contrastive voiceless stops ⓘ
simple vowel system ⓘ
languageFamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
partOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian language family
reconstructedBy historical linguistics ⓘ
reconstructedUsing comparative method ⓘ
spokenIn Malay Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Island Southeast Asia

possibly Philippines ⓘ
possibly Taiwan ⓘ
prehistory ⓘ
studiedIn Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Proto-Austronesian language ⓘ
timePeriod Neolithic era ⓘ
late 4th to early 2nd millennium BCE (approximate scholarly estimates) ⓘ
writingSystem none ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

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

Southern Luzon languages → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Marshallese language group → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Southern Philippine languages subgroup → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Celebic–South Halmahera languages → reconstructedFrom → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
South Banda languages subgroup → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Winaray → hasLinguisticAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Proto-Javanese → relatedTo → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Javanic
Proto-Javanese → relatedTo → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Proto-Javanese → distinctFrom → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Proto-Austronesian → hasSubgroup → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Baeggu → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Iwak language → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Bugotu → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Talise → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Fataleka → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Laiyolo language → lexifierOrSource → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Austronesian linguistics → studies → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Butuanon → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Proto-Oceanic language → developedFrom → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Proto-Philippine language → follows → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Oceanic languages → higherAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Mori Bawah language → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Hoava → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Pulapese language → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Kalamian languages → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Yami language → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Naman → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Bintauna language → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Atinggola language → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Waihonga language → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Bambam language → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
CMP languages → reconstructionTarget → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Central Malayo-Polynesian
Niuafoʻou language → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Blablanga language → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Busoa language → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Baniata → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Vangunu → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Kuto-Kute dialect → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Mriak-Mriku dialect → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Maanyan language → hasLinguisticAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Dusun Witu language → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages → descendedFrom → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language → hasAlternativeName → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Bombon dialect → hasAncestor → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Rinconada → hasAncestorLanguage → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ