Malayo-Polynesian languages

E26283
Austronesian subgroup language family branch

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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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Malayo-Polynesian languages canonical 499
Malayo-Polynesian 105
Malayo-Polynesian branch of Austronesian 3

Statements (83)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian subgroup ⓘ
language family branch ⓘ
areSpokenBy Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
surface form: Filipino peoples

Javanese people ⓘ
Malagasy people ⓘ
Malay peoples ⓘ
Melanesian peoples ⓘ
Micronesians ⓘ
surface form: Micronesian peoples

Polynesians ⓘ
surface form: Polynesian peoples
geneticRelation Formosan languages ⓘ
geographicDistribution from Madagascar in the west to Easter Island in the east ⓘ
from Taiwan in the north to New Zealand in the south ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Formosan languages ⓘ
surface form: Extra-Formosan languages

Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
hasApproximateNumberOfLanguages over 1000 ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers hundreds of millions ⓘ
hasMajorContactLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese

Sanskrit ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasSubgroup Bornean languages ⓘ
Celebic languages ⓘ
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
Philippine languages ⓘ
South Sulawesi languages ⓘ
Sunda-Sulawesi languages ⓘ
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) ⓘ
surface form: Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
historicalOrigin Formosan languages ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan (Austronesian homeland hypothesis)
includesLanguage Balinese language ⓘ
Bikol language ⓘ
Cebuano language ⓘ
Chamorro ⓘ
surface form: Chamorro language

Fijian language ⓘ
Filipino language ⓘ
Hawaiian language ⓘ
Ilocano language ⓘ
Indonesian language ⓘ
Javanese ⓘ
surface form: Javanese language

Madurese ⓘ
surface form: Madurese language

Malagasy language ⓘ
Malay language ⓘ
Māori ⓘ
surface form: Maori language

Palauan ⓘ
surface form: Palauan language

Samoan language ⓘ
Sundanese ⓘ
surface form: Sundanese language

Tagalog ⓘ
surface form: Tagalog language

Tahitian language ⓘ
Tongan language ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian language family
partOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian language family
spokenIn Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

Timor-Leste ⓘ
surface form: East Timor

Hawaii ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
Melanesia ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
Pacific Ocean region ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan (offshore islands)
subclassOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
typicalMorphology agglutinative ⓘ
typicalPhonology small to moderate phoneme inventories ⓘ
typicalWordOrder SVO ⓘ
writingSystem Jawi script ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script (Jawi)

Balinese script ⓘ
surface form: Balinese script (historical)

Baybayin ⓘ
surface form: Baybayin (historical)

Javanese script (historical) ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
Lontara script ⓘ
surface form: Lontara script (historical)

Referenced by (617)

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

Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barito languages
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa languages
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunda–Sulawesi languages
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Sumbawan languages
Tagalog → subfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
Cebuano language → subfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Hiligaynon language → languageSubfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Waray language → languageFamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
Bikol language → subfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Kapampangan language → languageFamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Old Malay → languageSubfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Old Malay → hasAncestor → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Middle Javanese → languageBranch → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Modern Javanese → hasAncestor → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Modern Javanese → languageFamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
Hawaiian → languageBranch → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
Indonesian → languageBranch → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Minangkabau → languageBranch → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Madurese → languageBranch → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Bugis → languageSubfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Malay → subfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
Rapa Nui language → languageFamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Gela language → languageSubfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Celebic languages → partOf → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Philippine–Cordilleran languages → subclassOf → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Philippine–Cordilleran languages → branchOf → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Polynesian branch of Austronesian
Greater Central Philippine languages → partOf → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Greater Central Philippine languages → languageBranch → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
Mangarevan language group → languageBranch → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages → hasAlternativeName → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
Tongan language group → hasSubfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Central Pacific languages → hasHigherLevelFamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Southern Luzon languages → partOf → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Southern Luzon languages → languageFamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
Batanic languages → subclassOf → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Batanic languages → languageFamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
Polynesian languages → closelyRelatedTo → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Northwest Solomonic languages → hasSubfamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
Meso-Melanesian languages → geneticAffiliation → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
South Sulawesi languages → partOf → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Carolinean languages → subclassOf → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages → languageFamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages → macroFamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
Malayic languages → partOf → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages → subclassOf → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages → branchOf → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Bima–Sumba languages → languageFamily → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Minahasan languages → subclassOf → Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ