Polynesian languages
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Polynesian languages are a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across the Polynesian islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, including languages such as Māori, Hawaiian, and Samoan.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Austronesian languages
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language family → |
| ancestralTo |
Proto-Polynesian language
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| characteristicFeature |
distinction between long and short vowels in many languages
→
dual and trial number in pronouns in many languages → inclusive and exclusive first-person plural pronouns → small phoneme inventories → use of reduplication → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Malayo-Polynesian languages
→
Micronesian languages → |
| glottoCode |
poly1242
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| hasMajorLanguage |
Hawaiian language
→
Māori language → Samoan language → Tongan language → |
| hasMember |
East Futunan language
→
Futunan language → Hawaiian language → Marquesan languages → Māori language → Niuafoʻou language → Niuatoputapu language → Niuean language → Rapa Nui language → Rarotongan language → Samoan language → Tahitian language → Tokelauan language → Tongan language → Tuamotuan language → Tuvaluan language → Wallisian language → West Futunan language → |
| hasSubgroup |
Nuclear Polynesian languages
→
Tongic languages → |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
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| ISOClassification |
Austronesian (ISO 639-5: map)
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| partOf |
Austronesian language family
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| reconstructedFrom |
Proto-Polynesian language
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| region |
Oceania
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| spokenIn |
Cook Islands
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Easter Island → French Polynesia → Hawaii → New Zealand → Niue → Polynesia → Samoa → Tokelau → Tonga → Tuvalu → central Pacific Ocean region → southern Pacific Ocean region → |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian languages
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| typologically |
agglutinative
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head-initial → mostly VSO word order → |
| usedBy |
Polynesian peoples
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