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.

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instanceOf Austronesian subgrouping proposal
linguistic hypothesis
aimsToShow closer genetic relationship among certain western Indonesian Austronesian languages
basedOn comparative method
lexical evidence
morphological evidence
phonological evidence
contrastsWith traditional Austronesian subgrouping models
critiquedBy various Austronesian linguists
discussedIn Austronesian subgrouping literature
evidenceType morphosyntactic patterns
shared innovations
sound correspondences
field Austronesian linguistics
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
Philippines-adjacent areas
Sulawesi NERFINISHED
Sunda Islands NERFINISHED
western Indonesia
relatedConcept Greater Central Philippine hypothesis
Western Malayo-Polynesian hypothesis NERFINISHED
status controversial
not universally accepted
subfamilyOf Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
timeProposed late 20th century

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Sunda-Sulawesi languages hasAlternativeName Sunda-Sulawesi hypothesis