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Malayo-Polynesian

major subgroup of the Austronesian language family
Language language_family Q143158
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Summary

Malayo-Polynesian is a language family[1]. Malayo-Polynesian ranks in the top 8% of language family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,568 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Austronesian[3]
  • Commons category: Malayo-Polynesian languages[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Malayo-Polynesian languages[5]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[9]

Why It Matters

Malayo-Polynesian has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] Malayo-Polynesian is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i73047
    Nci thesaurus id → C160953
    Umls cui → C0574362
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 06950545-n
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  2. 23w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → language family
    Subclass of → Austronesian
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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