Barito languages subgroup

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The Barito languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily along the Barito River region of southern Borneo and known for its close historical links to the Malagasy language of Madagascar.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Barito languages 1
East Barito languages 1
North Barito languages 1

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the Austronesian language family
language subgroup
associatedWith Barito River
closelyRelatedTo Malagasy
surface form: Malagasy language
geographicDistribution Central Kalimantan
South Kalimantan
glottoCategory Austronesian language subgroup
hasHistoricalLinkWith Malagasy
surface form: Malagasy language
hasMemberLanguage Bakumpai language
Dusun Malang language
Dusun Witu language
Lawangan language
Maanyan language
Malagasy
surface form: Malagasy language

Ngaju language
Bakumpai language
surface form: Paku language

Sampit language
hasProtoLanguage Proto-Barito
hasSubgroup Barito languages subgroup self-linksurface differs
surface form: East Barito languages

Mahakam languages
Barito languages subgroup self-linksurface differs
surface form: North Barito languages

Barito languages subgroup self-linksurface differs
surface form: West Barito languages
knownFor historical relationship with Malagasy
role in Austronesian migration to Madagascar
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
locatedIn southern Borneo
partOf Malayo-Polynesian languages
primaryRegion Barito River
surface form: Barito River basin
reconstructedFrom comparative linguistic evidence
spokenIn Indonesia
spokenOn island of Borneo
studiedBy comparative linguistics
subclassOf Austronesian languages
typologically Malayo-Polynesian languages
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Austronesian languages hasSubfamily Barito languages subgroup
Barito languages subgroup hasSubgroup Barito languages subgroup self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: East Barito languages
Barito languages subgroup hasSubgroup Barito languages subgroup self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: West Barito languages
Barito languages subgroup hasSubgroup Barito languages subgroup self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: North Barito languages
Greater North Borneo languages includesLanguageGroup Barito languages subgroup
this entity surface form: Barito languages