Austronesian
Let an agent handle Austronesian by branches, member languages, speakers, history of dispersal and resources, using self-designations and attributing scholarly views.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle Austronesian by branches, member languages, speakers, history of dispersal and resources, using self-designations and attributing scholarly views.
One of the largest language families in the world, with more than a thousand languages spoken from Madagascar to Rapa Nui and from Taiwan to New Zealand, comprising the Formosan languages of Taiwan and the Malayo-Polynesian branch, which includes Malay and Indonesian, Javanese, Tagalog and Filipino, Malagasy, Maori and Hawaiian.
What it is for: Linguistics, history and language resources.
It can be identify the branch of a language; summarise theories of Austronesian dispersal; find speaker figures and resources; support endangered language revitalisation.
Distinguishing features
Very wide geographic spread
More than a thousand languages
Origin often placed in Taiwan
Many endangered languages
What it looks like
Not physical; shown in family trees, maps and grammars.
How it is recognised
Languages across Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Formosan languages in Taiwan
Papuan and Australian languages are other groups
Related models
is a kind of - category
includes - example
includes - example
is classified by - references
In practice
Families and kinds
Formosan languages
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Oceanic languages
Malagasy
Identifiers
ISO 639-5 map Austronesian languages (collective code)
Standards and regulation
National language policies
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Failure modes and hazards
Unsourced speaker figures
Presenting dispersal theories as settled
Using exonyms instead of self-designations
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Classification Family tree.
Branches organise languages.
Branch
Which branch.
Branch
Branch.
- Which branch does this language belong to, according to reference classifications? provenance
- Do references disagree? boundary
Dispersal
Origins and spread.
Dispersal
Dispersal.
- What do linguists and archaeologists say about the Austronesian homeland and spread? provenance
- Which models are debated? boundary
Speakers Communities.
Figures need sources.
Numbers
Speaker figures.
Numbers
Speaker numbers.
- How many speakers does this language have, according to recent sources? provenance
- First or second language? boundary
Names
Self-designations.
Names
Self-designations.
- What do speakers call their language? provenance
- Which names are exonyms or dialect labels? provenance
Vitality Endangerment.
Many languages are at risk.
Status
Endangerment.
Status
Endangerment status.
- How endangered is this language, according to UNESCO or other assessments? provenance
- Is it taught in schools? provenance
Revival
Revitalisation.
Revival
Revitalisation.
- Which revitalisation programmes exist, such as language nests? provenance
- How can outsiders support them respectfully? action
Resources Learning and technology.
Resources support languages.
Learning
Courses.
Learning
Learning resources.
- Which grammars, dictionaries or courses exist? provenance
- Who publishes them? provenance
Technology
Language technology.
Technology
Language technology.
- Which keyboards, spell checkers or translation tools support this language? provenance
- How good is their quality? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should branches be separate entries?
- How should dispersal theories be recorded?
- How should endangered languages be linked?