Greater North Borneo languages

E25858
Austronesian language subgroup proposed language subgroup

The Greater North Borneo languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Borneo and nearby regions, characterized by shared lexical and phonological innovations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
North Bornean languages 6
Greater North Borneo languages canonical 4
Bornean languages 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language subgroup ⓘ
proposed language subgroup ⓘ
basedOn lexical evidence ⓘ
phonological evidence ⓘ
shared innovations ⓘ
hasAbbreviation GNB ⓘ
hasCharacteristic areal diffusion of features ⓘ
shared lexical innovations ⓘ
shared phonological innovations ⓘ
hasExampleLanguage Acehnese ⓘ
surface form: Acehnese language

Bakumpai language ⓘ
Banjarese language ⓘ
Betawi Malay ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
surface form: Brunei Malay

Cham language ⓘ
Iban language ⓘ
Kadazan Dusun language ⓘ
Kayan language ⓘ
Kedayan language ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
surface form: Malay language

Minangkabau ⓘ
surface form: Minangkabau language

Murutic languages ⓘ
Ngaju language ⓘ
Rejang languages ⓘ
surface form: Rejang language

Malay ⓘ
surface form: Standard Malay

Sundanese ⓘ
hasGeographicDistribution Borneo ⓘ
Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

Kalimantan ⓘ
Malay Peninsula ⓘ
Sabah ⓘ
Sarawak ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ
hasResearchField Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
hasTheoreticalStatus controversial ⓘ
not universally accepted ⓘ
includesLanguageGroup Barito languages subgroup ⓘ
surface form: Barito languages

Chamic languages ⓘ
Kayanic languages ⓘ
Land Dayak languages ⓘ
Malayic languages ⓘ
Malayic languages ⓘ
surface form: Malayo-Chamic languages

Greater North Borneo languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: North Bornean languages

Rejang languages ⓘ
Sabahan languages ⓘ
Southwest Sabahan languages ⓘ
Sundanese language ⓘ
proposedBy Alexander D. Smith ⓘ
Robert Blust ⓘ
spokenIn Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

Cambodia ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
subclassOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
timeOfProposal early 21st century ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bornean languages
Greater North Borneo languages → includesLanguageGroup → Greater North Borneo languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Bornean languages
Bornean languages → hasSubgroup → Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Bornean languages
Kayanic languages → arealCluster → Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Bornean languages
Southwest Sabahan languages → subgroupOf → Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ
Southwest Sabahan languages → closelyRelatedTo → Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ
Kadazan Dusun language → subgroup → Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Bornean languages
Kedayan language → subfamilyOf → Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ
Lun Bawang → languageBranch → Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Bornean languages
Kelabit → languageSubgroup → Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Bornean languages
Alexander D. Smith → proposed → Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater North Borneo language subgroup