Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup

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branch of Austronesian languages language subgroup

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Samoic language group 1
Samoic languages 1
Samoic-Outlier languages 1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Ellicean languages → closelyRelatedTo → Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samoic languages
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup → hasAlternativeName → Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samoic-Outlier subgroup
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup → hasAlternativeName → Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samoic–Outlier branch
Tongan language group → hasRelatedGroup → Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samoic language group
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup ⓘ
Marquesic languages → sharesFeatureWith → Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samoic-Outlier languages