Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup
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The Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising Samoan and a scattered set of related Polynesian languages spoken in Samoa and various outlying islands across the Pacific.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samoic-Outlier languages | 4 |
| Samoic languages | 3 |
| Samoic language group | 1 |
| Samoic-Outlier | 1 |
| Samoic-Outlier language | 1 |
| Samoic-Outlier subgroup | 1 |
| Samoic–Outlier branch | 1 |
| Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200783 — 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: Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup]
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A.
Ellicean languages
Ellicean languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in parts of Polynesia, including Tuvalu and surrounding island regions.
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B.
Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup
The Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily by maritime Sama-Bajau peoples across the southern Philippines, eastern Malaysia, and parts of Indonesia.
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C.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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D.
Carolinean languages
Carolinean languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages traditionally spoken in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia.
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E.
Northwest Solomonic languages
The Northwest Solomonic languages are a subgroup of Oceanic languages spoken primarily in the northwestern Solomon Islands and nearby regions, known for their distinctive phonological and grammatical innovations within the Austronesian family.
- 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: Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup Target entity description: The Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising Samoan and a scattered set of related Polynesian languages spoken in Samoa and various outlying islands across the Pacific.
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A.
Ellicean languages
Ellicean languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in parts of Polynesia, including Tuvalu and surrounding island regions.
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B.
Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup
The Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily by maritime Sama-Bajau peoples across the southern Philippines, eastern Malaysia, and parts of Indonesia.
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C.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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D.
Carolinean languages
Carolinean languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages traditionally spoken in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia.
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E.
Northwest Solomonic languages
The Northwest Solomonic languages are a subgroup of Oceanic languages spoken primarily in the northwestern Solomon Islands and nearby regions, known for their distinctive phonological and grammatical innovations within the Austronesian family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Austronesian languages
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| classifiedBy | historical-comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup
ⓘ
surface form:
Samoic-Outlier subgroup
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup ⓘ
surface form:
Samoic–Outlier branch
|
| hasGeographicDistribution |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
Polynesian outliers ⓘ
surface form:
Polynesian outlier islands
Samoa ⓘ Tokelau ⓘ Tuvalu ⓘ Wallis and Futuna ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
Polynesian-type phonology
ⓘ
shared grammatical structures typical of Polynesian languages ⓘ similar basic vocabulary across member languages ⓘ |
| includes |
Niuafoʻou language
ⓘ
surface form:
East Uvean language
Ellicean languages ⓘ Futunic languages ⓘ Niuafoʻou language ⓘ Niuafoʻou language ⓘ
surface form:
Niuatoputapu language
Outlier Polynesian languages ⓘ Pukapukan language ⓘ Samoan language ⓘ Tokelauan language group ⓘ
surface form:
Tokelauan language
Tuvaluan language ⓘ West Uvean language ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian language family
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Oceanic languages ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Oceanic languages
ⓘ
Polynesian languages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup Description of subject: The Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising Samoan and a scattered set of related Polynesian languages spoken in Samoa and various outlying islands across the Pacific.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Samoic language group
this entity surface form:
Samoic languages
this entity surface form:
Samoic-Outlier languages
this entity surface form:
Samoic-Outlier subgroup
this entity surface form:
Samoic–Outlier branch
this entity surface form:
Samoic-Outlier
this entity surface form:
Samoic languages
this entity surface form:
Samoic-Outlier languages
this entity surface form:
Samoic-Outlier languages
this entity surface form:
Samoic-Outlier languages
this entity surface form:
Samoic-Outlier language