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Polynesian languages

The Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family.

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Ethnicity
Polynesians
Geographic distribution
Polynesia
Glottolog
poly1242
Linguistic classification
Malayo-PolynesianOceanicCentral PacificEast Central PacificPolynesian · OceanicCentral PacificEast Central PacificPolynesian · Central PacificEast Central PacificPolynesian · East Central PacificPolynesian · Polynesian
Proto-language
Proto-Polynesian
Subdivisions
Tongic · Nuclear Polynesian

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Polynesian languages

Nodes157
Edges156
Triples236
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012739
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Polynesian languages

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related to Phylogenetic classification · 94
Polynesian languages → Aniwa, Anuta, Anuta Island, Austral, Austral Islands, Bellona, Central, Chatham Islands, Cook Islands, Cook Islands Māori, East Futunan, East Uvean, Easter Island, Eastern PolynesianMarquesicMarquesan, Emae, Emae Island, Faga Uvea, Fakafutuna, Fakaʻuvea, Federated States
related to Bibliography · 49
Polynesian languages → Alexandre, Alfa, Atlas, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Canberra, Charpentier, Colonisation, Curzon Press, Diego, English, François, French, French Polynesia, Geoffrey, Gruyter, Hawai'i Press, Introduction, Irwin, ISBN
related to Internal correspondences · 22
Polynesian languages → Accordingly, Certain, Cook Islands Māori, For, Hawaiian, Mangarevan, Māori, Niuean, North Marquesan, Partly, Polynesia, Polynesian, Rapanui, Rarotongan, Samoan, Sikaiana, Similarly, South Marquesan, Tahitian, Takuu
related to a and o possession · 14
Polynesian languages → Book, Compare, Heremaia, Hōhua, Jeremiah, Joshua, Many Polynesian, Māori Bible, One, Samoan, Some, Te Pukapuka, The, The Book
related to Orthography · 14
Polynesian languages → Bible, By, Despite, However, Influenced, Latin, Maaori, Most Polynesian, Pacific, Polynesian, Sometimes, The, This, Written Polynesian
related to history · 11
Polynesian languages → Andrew Pawley, East Polynesian, Niuean, Nuclear Polynesian, Polynesian, Previously, Samoan, The, Tongan, Tongic, West Polynesian
see also · 8
Polynesian languages → Easter Island, English, List, Polynesian, Polynesian Latin-based, Proto-Polynesian, Rapanui, Rongorongo
related to Personal pronouns · 7
Polynesian languages → For, In, Māori, Mātou, Polynesian, The, You
Linguistic classification · 5
Polynesian languages → Central PacificEast Central PacificPolynesian, East Central PacificPolynesian, Malayo-PolynesianOceanicCentral PacificEast Central PacificPolynesian, OceanicCentral PacificEast Central PacificPolynesian, Polynesian
Subdivisions · 2
Polynesian languages → Nuclear Polynesian, Tongic

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polynesian languages māori hawaiian tahitian pacific samoan proto-polynesian words tongan oceanic polynesia language example common islands tongic also east possessives

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Polynesian languagesEthnicityPolynesians1.00infobox
Polynesian languagesGeographic distributionPolynesia1.00infobox
Polynesian languagesGlottologpoly12421.00infobox
Polynesian languagesLinguistic classificationMalayo-PolynesianOceanicCentral PacificEast Central PacificPolynesian1.00infobox
Polynesian languagesLinguistic classificationOceanicCentral PacificEast Central PacificPolynesian1.00infobox
Polynesian languagesLinguistic classificationCentral PacificEast Central PacificPolynesian1.00infobox
Polynesian languagesLinguistic classificationEast Central PacificPolynesian1.00infobox
Polynesian languagesLinguistic classificationPolynesian1.00infobox
Polynesian languagesProto-languageProto-Polynesian1.00infobox
Polynesian languagesSubdivisionsTongic1.00infobox
Polynesian languagesSubdivisionsNuclear Polynesian1.00infobox
tapuinstance ofthis includes culturally important words0.80text

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