Waray language
E10736
Waray is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, particularly on Samar and nearby islands.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waray language canonical | 30 |
| Waray | 17 |
| Waray-Waray | 12 |
| Eastern Samar Waray | 1 |
| Tacloban Waray | 1 |
| Waray-Waray language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T59621 — 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: Waray language Context triple: [Filipino, majorLanguage, Waray language]
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A.
Cebuano language
The Cebuano language is an Austronesian language widely spoken in the southern Philippines, particularly in the Visayas and parts of Mindanao.
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B.
Hiligaynon language
Hiligaynon is a major Austronesian language of the Philippines, widely spoken in Western Visayas and parts of Mindanao, particularly in and around Iloilo and Negros Occidental.
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C.
Ilocano language
The Ilocano language is an Austronesian language widely spoken in northern Luzon and by migrant communities across the Philippines and abroad.
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D.
Sranan Tongo
Sranan Tongo is an English- and Dutch-influenced creole language originating in Suriname, widely used as a lingua franca among its diverse ethnic communities.
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E.
Tagalog
Tagalog is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in the Philippines and serves as the basis for the country’s national language, Filipino.
- 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: Waray language Target entity description: Waray is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, particularly on Samar and nearby islands.
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A.
Cebuano language
The Cebuano language is an Austronesian language widely spoken in the southern Philippines, particularly in the Visayas and parts of Mindanao.
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B.
Hiligaynon language
Hiligaynon is a major Austronesian language of the Philippines, widely spoken in Western Visayas and parts of Mindanao, particularly in and around Iloilo and Negros Occidental.
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C.
Ilocano language
The Ilocano language is an Austronesian language widely spoken in northern Luzon and by migrant communities across the Philippines and abroad.
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D.
Sranan Tongo
Sranan Tongo is an English- and Dutch-influenced creole language originating in Suriname, widely used as a lingua franca among its diverse ethnic communities.
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E.
Tagalog
Tagalog is an Austronesian language primarily spoken in the Philippines and serves as the basis for the country’s national language, Filipino.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ Visayan language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Lineyte-Samarnon
ⓘ
Waray-Waray ⓘ
linked to:
Waray language
Winaray ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Cebuano language
ⓘ
Hiligaynon language ⓘ Masbateño language ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| glottocode | wara1300 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Abuyog dialect
ⓘ
Borongan dialect ⓘ Calbayog dialect ⓘ Catbalogan dialect ⓘ
linked to:
Calbayog dialect
Northern Samar dialects ⓘ Tacloban dialect ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
focus/voice system typical of Philippine languages
ⓘ
inclusive and exclusive first-person plural pronouns ⓘ verb–initial word order tendency ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant gemination in some dialects
ⓘ
simple vowel system ⓘ |
| iso639-1Code | none ⓘ |
| iso639-2Code | war ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | war ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
Central Philippine languages ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
linked to:
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Philippine subgroup ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | millions ⓘ |
| partOf |
Visayan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Bisayan languages subgroup
|
| region | Eastern Visayas ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody | Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Biliran Island
ⓘ
Eastern Samar ⓘ Eastern Visayas ⓘ Leyte Island ⓘ
linked to:
Leyte
Northern Samar ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Samar Island ⓘ Samar Province ⓘ northeastern Leyte ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
local literature ⓘ local media ⓘ radio broadcasting ⓘ religious services ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | mother tongue-based multilingual education in the Philippines ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Waray language Description of subject: Waray is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, particularly on Samar and nearby islands.
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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