Celebic–South Halmahera languages
E29500
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Celebic–South Halmahera languages canonical | 1 |
| South Halmahera languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200671 — 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: Celebic–South Halmahera languages Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, Celebic–South Halmahera languages]
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A.
Meso-Melanesian languages
The Meso-Melanesian languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
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B.
South Sulawesi languages
South Sulawesi languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known for their significant internal diversity and historical importance in the region.
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C.
Malayic languages
Malayic languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family that includes Malay, Indonesian, and closely related languages spoken primarily in Maritime Southeast Asia.
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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.
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.
- 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: Celebic–South Halmahera languages Target entity description: The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
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A.
Meso-Melanesian languages
The Meso-Melanesian languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
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B.
South Sulawesi languages
South Sulawesi languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known for their significant internal diversity and historical importance in the region.
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C.
Malayic languages
Malayic languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family that includes Malay, Indonesian, and closely related languages spoken primarily in Maritime Southeast Asia.
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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.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language subgroup
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proposed language subgroup ⓘ |
| arealContext | eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| basedOn |
lexical evidence
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morphological evidence ⓘ phonological evidence ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Sulawesi and southern Halmahera ⓘ |
| glottologStatus | not universally recognized as a single node ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification |
Celebic as independent primary branch of Malayo-Polynesian
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South Halmahera–West New Guinea as separate subgroup ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bacan language
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Buli language ⓘ Bungku–Tolaki languages ⓘ Gane language ⓘ Muna–Buton languages ⓘ
surface form:
Kaili–Pamona languages
Mori Atas language ⓘ Muna–Buton languages ⓘ Saluan–Banggai languages ⓘ Sawai language ⓘ Ternate language ⓘ Tidore language ⓘ Tomini–Tolitoli languages ⓘ Tukang Besi language ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Celebic languages
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Celebic–South Halmahera languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
South Halmahera languages
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| languageBranch |
Malayo-Polynesian languages
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surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian
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| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
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surface form:
Austronesian
|
| partOf | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| proposalStatus |
controversial
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not universally accepted ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Robert Blust ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom |
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
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surface form:
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
|
| region | Wallacea ⓘ |
| relatedTo | South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages ⓘ |
| researchFocus | internal subgrouping of Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ |
| shareFeature |
innovations in pronominal systems
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shared sound changes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Halmahera ⓘ
surface form:
South Halmahera
Celebes ⓘ
surface form:
Sulawesi
eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| subjectOf | comparative-historical linguistic research ⓘ |
| timeOfProposal | late 20th century ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
predominantly agglutinative morphology
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verb-initial or verb-medial basic word order ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Celebic–South Halmahera languages Description of subject: The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Celebic–South Halmahera languages
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hasSubgroup
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Celebic–South Halmahera languages
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
South Halmahera languages