Marquesic languages
E27929
Marquesic languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in the Marquesas Islands and surrounding regions of Polynesia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marquesic languages canonical | 3 |
| Marquesic subgroup | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200710 — 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: Marquesic languages Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, Marquesic languages]
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A.
Hokan languages
Hokan languages are a proposed but controversial grouping of several Native American language families of the western United States and Mexico that share certain typological and lexical similarities.
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B.
Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
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C.
Yuman–Cochimí languages
Yuman–Cochimí languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages historically spoken in the Baja California Peninsula and the lower Colorado River region of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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D.
Wampanoag language
The Wampanoag language is an Algonquian Native American language of the northeastern United States that has been the focus of significant revitalization efforts after having no native speakers for many generations.
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E.
Maricopa language
Maricopa language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Maricopa people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
- 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: Marquesic languages Target entity description: Marquesic languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in the Marquesas Islands and surrounding regions of Polynesia.
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A.
Hokan languages
Hokan languages are a proposed but controversial grouping of several Native American language families of the western United States and Mexico that share certain typological and lexical similarities.
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B.
Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
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C.
Yuman–Cochimí languages
Yuman–Cochimí languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages historically spoken in the Baja California Peninsula and the lower Colorado River region of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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D.
Wampanoag language
The Wampanoag language is an Algonquian Native American language of the northeastern United States that has been the focus of significant revitalization efforts after having no native speakers for many generations.
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E.
Maricopa language
Maricopa language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Maricopa people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| areClassifiedBy | linguists ⓘ |
| areDefinedBy |
shared grammatical innovations
ⓘ
shared lexical innovations ⓘ shared phonological innovations ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy |
Native Hawaiians
ⓘ
surface form:
Hawaiians
Mangarevans ⓘ Polynesians ⓘ
surface form:
Marquesan people
Rapa Nui people ⓘ |
| areSubjectOf | comparative Polynesian studies ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Polynesia
ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Polynesia
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Marquesic branch
ⓘ
Marquesic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Marquesic subgroup
|
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Austronesian
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Austronesian language
Proto-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Hawaiian
ⓘ
surface form:
Hawaiian language
Mangarevan language group ⓘ
surface form:
Mangarevan language
South Marquesan language ⓘ
surface form:
Marquesan languages
North Marquesan language ⓘ Rapa Nui language ⓘ South Marquesan language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | analytic language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
five-vowel system
ⓘ
small consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Easter Island
ⓘ
Gambier Islands ⓘ Hawaiian Islands ⓘ Marquesas Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Marquesas archipelago
|
| hasResearchField |
Austronesian linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Hawaiian
ⓘ
surface form:
Hawaiian subgroup
Mangarevan subgroup ⓘ South Marquesan language ⓘ
surface form:
Marquesan languages
Rapa Nui subgroup ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| locatedInTheGeographicRegion | Central Pacific ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian language family
|
| sharesFeatureWith |
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup
ⓘ
surface form:
Samoic-Outlier languages
|
| spokenIn |
French Polynesia
ⓘ
Marquesas Islands ⓘ Polynesia ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Polynesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Nuclear Polynesian languages
|
| typicalWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marquesic languages Description of subject: Marquesic languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in the Marquesas Islands and surrounding regions of Polynesia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marquesic subgroup