Southeast Maluku languages
E650920
The Southeast Maluku languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken in the southeastern part of Indonesia’s Maluku Islands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southeast Maluku languages canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7208361 — 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: Southeast Maluku languages Context triple: [Central Malayo-Polynesian languages, hasSubgroup, Southeast Maluku languages]
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A.
Central Maluku languages
Central Maluku languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the central region of the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia.
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B.
Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
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C.
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
The South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in eastern Indonesia, particularly in southern Halmahera and along the western coast of New Guinea.
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D.
Flores–Lembata languages
The Flores–Lembata languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken on the islands of Flores and Lembata in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinctive phonological and grammatical features within the region.
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E.
Celebic–South Halmahera languages
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
- 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: Southeast Maluku languages Target entity description: The Southeast Maluku languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken in the southeastern part of Indonesia’s Maluku Islands.
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A.
Central Maluku languages
Central Maluku languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the central region of the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia.
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B.
Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
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C.
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
The South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in eastern Indonesia, particularly in southern Halmahera and along the western coast of New Guinea.
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D.
Flores–Lembata languages
The Flores–Lembata languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken on the islands of Flores and Lembata in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinctive phonological and grammatical features within the region.
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E.
Celebic–South Halmahera languages
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language subgroup
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealFeature | influence from Papuan languages ⓘ |
| arealGroup |
Banda Sea area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Timor area ⓘ |
| branchOf | Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Southeast Maluku ⓘ |
| glottologCode | sout3225 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Southeast Malayo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeast Moluccan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aru languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dawera-Daweloor language NERFINISHED ⓘ Fordata language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kei language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kola language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurdu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Leti language NERFINISHED ⓘ Luang language ⓘ Meyah language NERFINISHED ⓘ Moa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Selaru language NERFINISHED ⓘ Wetan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamdena language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
shared lexical innovations within the subgroup
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shared phonological innovations within the subgroup ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Banda languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Maluku languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Timoric languages ⓘ |
| region |
Aru Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kei Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Maluku Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Maluku Regency NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanimbar Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | southeastern Maluku Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | many members are endangered ⓘ |
| studyField | Austronesian linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typology | predominantly SVO word order ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous communities of Southeast Maluku ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Southeast Maluku languages Description of subject: The Southeast Maluku languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken in the southeastern part of Indonesia’s Maluku Islands.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages