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.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200643 — 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: Polynesian languages Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, Polynesian languages]
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A.
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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B.
Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
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C.
Ryukyuan languages
The Ryukyuan languages are a group of closely related but distinct Japonic languages traditionally spoken in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, many of which are now endangered.
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D.
Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
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E.
Marshallese language group
The Marshallese language group is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising the indigenous languages spoken in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean.
- 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: Polynesian languages Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
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C.
Ryukyuan languages
The Ryukyuan languages are a group of closely related but distinct Japonic languages traditionally spoken in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, many of which are now endangered.
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D.
Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
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E.
Marshallese language group
The Marshallese language group is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising the indigenous languages spoken in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Austronesian languages
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| ancestralTo | Proto-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature |
distinction between long and short vowels in many languages
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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 ⓘ |
| hasMajorLanguage |
Hawaiian language
ⓘ
Māori ⓘ
surface form:
Māori language
Samoan language ⓘ Tongan language ⓘ |
| hasMember |
East Futunan language
ⓘ
Futunan language ⓘ Hawaiian ⓘ
surface form:
Hawaiian language
Marquesan languages ⓘ Māori language ⓘ Niuafoʻou language ⓘ Niuafoʻou language ⓘ
surface form:
Niuatoputapu language
Niuean language ⓘ Rapa Nui language ⓘ Rarotongan language ⓘ Samoan language ⓘ Tahitian language ⓘ Tokelauan language group ⓘ
surface form:
Tokelauan language
Tongan language ⓘ Tahitian language ⓘ
surface form:
Tuamotuan language
Tuvaluan language ⓘ Wallisian language ⓘ West Futunan language ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Nuclear Polynesian languages
ⓘ
Tongic languages ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| ISOClassification | Austronesian (ISO 639-5: map) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian language family
|
| reconstructedFrom | Proto-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| region | Oceania ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cook Islands
ⓘ
Easter Island ⓘ French Polynesia ⓘ Hawaii ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Niue ⓘ Polynesia ⓘ Samoa ⓘ Tokelau ⓘ Tonga ⓘ Tuvalu ⓘ central Pacific Ocean region ⓘ southern Pacific Ocean region ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| typologically |
agglutinative
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head-initial ⓘ mostly VSO word order ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Polynesians
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surface form:
Polynesian peoples
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Polynesian languages Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (66)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Polynesian
this entity surface form:
Eastern Polynesian languages
this entity surface form:
Polynesian
this entity surface form:
Eastern Polynesian languages
this entity surface form:
Eastern Polynesian languages
this entity surface form:
Eastern Polynesian languages