Sunda-Sulawesi hypothesis
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The Sunda-Sulawesi hypothesis is a proposed subgrouping within the Austronesian language family that suggests a closer genetic relationship among certain languages spoken in western Indonesia and surrounding regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sunda-Sulawesi hypothesis canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian subgrouping proposal
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linguistic hypothesis ⓘ |
| aimsToShow | closer genetic relationship among certain western Indonesian Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| basedOn |
comparative method
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lexical evidence ⓘ morphological evidence ⓘ phonological evidence ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | traditional Austronesian subgrouping models ⓘ |
| critiquedBy | various Austronesian linguists ⓘ |
| discussedIn | Austronesian subgrouping literature ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
morphosyntactic patterns
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shared innovations ⓘ sound correspondences ⓘ |
| field |
Austronesian linguistics
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historical linguistics ⓘ |
| focusesOn | internal classification of Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| includesLanguagesFrom | western Indonesia ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Robert Blust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposes | a higher-order subgroup within Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ |
| region |
Borneo
NERFINISHED
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Philippines-adjacent areas ⓘ Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunda Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ western Indonesia ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Greater Central Philippine hypothesis
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Western Malayo-Polynesian hypothesis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
controversial
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not universally accepted ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeProposed | late 20th century ⓘ |
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