Eastern Polynesian subgroup

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branch of Polynesian languages language subgroup

The Eastern Polynesian subgroup is a branch of the Polynesian languages that includes closely related tongues spoken across islands such as Tahiti, Hawaii, and New Zealand.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Eastern Polynesian	1
Eastern Polynesian subgroup canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Polynesian languages ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ
associatedWith	Polynesian migration and settlement of the eastern Pacific ⓘ
characterizedBy	high lexical similarity among member languages ⓘ shared grammatical structures ⓘ shared phonological innovations ⓘ
developedFrom	Proto-Polynesian language ⓘ
hasSubdivision	Central Eastern Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquesic branch NERFINISHED ⓘ Rapa Nui branch ⓘ South Eastern Polynesian languages ⓘ Tahitic branch ⓘ
hasWritingSystems	Latin script (for most member languages) ⓘ
includes	Hawaiian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mangarevan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquesan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquesic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Māori language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rapa Nui language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rapa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rarotongan language ⓘ Rēkohu Moriori language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tahitian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tahitic languages ⓘ Tuamotuan language ⓘ
languageBranch	Oceanic NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ surface form: Austronesian
languageSubbranch	Polynesian NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
reconstructedBy	comparative method in historical linguistics ⓘ
relatedTo	Western Polynesian languages ⓘ
spokenIn	Austral Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Chatham Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Cook Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Easter Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Gambier Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquesas Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Society Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Tahiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuamotu Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn	Polynesian linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeDepth	separation from other Polynesian branches estimated at around 2,000 years ago (approximate) ⓘ
usedFor	classification of Polynesian languages ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Tahitian language → subclassOf → Eastern Polynesian subgroup ⓘ

Rarotongan language → languageFamily → Eastern Polynesian subgroup ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Polynesian