Central–Eastern Oceanic languages
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Central–Eastern Oceanic languages are a major subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, spoken across parts of Melanesia and Polynesia and known for their shared phonological and grammatical innovations.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200696 — 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: Central–Eastern Oceanic languages Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, Central–Eastern Oceanic languages]
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A.
Western Oceanic languages
Western Oceanic languages are a major subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, spoken primarily in parts of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages are a proposed group of Austronesian languages spoken mainly in eastern Indonesia, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical innovations that distinguish them from neighboring Malayo-Polynesian branches.
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C.
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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D.
Southeast Solomonic languages
The Southeast Solomonic languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southeastern Solomon Islands.
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E.
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.
- 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: Central–Eastern Oceanic languages Target entity description: Central–Eastern Oceanic languages are a major subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, spoken across parts of Melanesia and Polynesia and known for their shared phonological and grammatical innovations.
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A.
Western Oceanic languages
Western Oceanic languages are a major subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, spoken primarily in parts of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages are a proposed group of Austronesian languages spoken mainly in eastern Indonesia, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical innovations that distinguish them from neighboring Malayo-Polynesian branches.
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C.
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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D.
Southeast Solomonic languages
The Southeast Solomonic languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southeastern Solomon Islands.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language subgroup
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Oceanic language subgroup ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ |
| definedBy | shared innovations relative to other Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| hasBranch | Oceanic ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
innovations in possessive constructions
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innovations in pronominal systems ⓘ innovations in verbal morphology ⓘ regular sound correspondences among member languages ⓘ shared grammatical innovations ⓘ shared phonological innovations ⓘ |
| hasClassificationStatus | widely accepted subgroup within Oceanic ⓘ |
| hasGeographicDistribution |
Melanesia
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surface form:
Island Melanesia
Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Ocean region
parts of Micronesia ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFamily |
Austronesian languages
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surface form:
Austronesian
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| hasProtoLanguage |
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Proto-Central–Eastern Oceanic
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| hasSubgroup |
Southern Oceanic languages
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surface form:
Central Oceanic languages
Micronesian languages ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ Remote Oceanic languages ⓘ Southeast Solomonic languages ⓘ Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages
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surface form:
Chuukese language
Fijian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Fijian language
Hawaiian language ⓘ Kiribati language ⓘ Kosraean language ⓘ Māori ⓘ
surface form:
Maori language
Marshallese language ⓘ Mortlockese language ⓘ Nauruan ⓘ
surface form:
Nauruan language
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Pohnpeian language
Samoan language ⓘ Tahitian language ⓘ Tongan language ⓘ Tuvaluan language ⓘ |
| partOf | Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family ⓘ |
| reconstructableFrom | comparative method in historical linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
various Melanesian peoples
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various Micronesian peoples ⓘ various Polynesian peoples ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Melanesia
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Polynesia ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Austronesian linguistics
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historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| timeDepth | several millennia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Central–Eastern Oceanic languages Description of subject: Central–Eastern Oceanic languages are a major subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, spoken across parts of Melanesia and Polynesia and known for their shared phonological and grammatical innovations.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages subgroup
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Proto-Central Pacific
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Central-Eastern Oceanic languages
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages
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Proto-Central–Eastern Oceanic
this entity surface form:
Central-Eastern Oceanic languages
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Central-Eastern Oceanic languages
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Central-Eastern Oceanic languages
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Central-Eastern Oceanic languages
this entity surface form:
Central-Eastern Oceanic language
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Central-Eastern Oceanic languages
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Central-Eastern Oceanic languages
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Central-Eastern Oceanic languages