Austronesian Language Similarity

35 languages · 18 basic vocabulary items. The network clusters by cognate overlap — languages pull toward each other proportionally to how many root words they share. Toggle to Geographic View to see where they actually live. The matrix colors each word by ancestral root: same color in a column = same word.

Similarity Network — scroll to zoom · drag to pan · click to isolate
Edge threshold: 52%
Closest Pairs
Cognate Matrix — same color within a column = same ancestral root · hover for details