Karo Batak language
E123200
The Karo Batak language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Karo people of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karo Batak language canonical | 4 |
| Bahasa Karo | 1 |
| Batak Karo language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1019147 — 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: Karo Batak language Context triple: [Batak, hasLanguage, Karo Batak language]
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A.
Toba Batak language
Toba Batak language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Toba Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia, known for its rich oral tradition and distinctive Batak script.
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B.
Minahasan languages
Minahasan languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken by the Minahasan people in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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C.
Berom language
The Berom language is a Plateau language spoken primarily by the Berom people in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, especially around Jos in Plateau State.
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D.
Angkola language
Angkola language is an Austronesian language of the Batak group spoken primarily by the Angkola people in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
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E.
Jarawa language
The Jarawa language is an endangered Ongan language spoken by the indigenous Jarawa people of the Andaman Islands in India.
- 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: Karo Batak language Target entity description: The Karo Batak language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Karo people of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
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A.
Toba Batak language
Toba Batak language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Toba Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia, known for its rich oral tradition and distinctive Batak script.
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B.
Minahasan languages
Minahasan languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken by the Minahasan people in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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C.
Berom language
The Berom language is a Plateau language spoken primarily by the Berom people in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, especially around Jos in Plateau State.
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D.
Angkola language
Angkola language is an Austronesian language of the Batak group spoken primarily by the Angkola people in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
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E.
Jarawa language
The Jarawa language is an endangered Ongan language spoken by the indigenous Jarawa people of the Andaman Islands in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Batak language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Mandailing language
ⓘ
Pakpak Dairi language ⓘ Simalungun language ⓘ Toba Batak language ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Karo people ⓘ |
| glottocode | karo1306 ⓘ |
| glottologName |
Karo Batak
ⓘ
linked to:
Batak
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Bahasa Karo
ⓘ
linked to:
Karo Batak language
Karo language ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | marker of Karo ethnic identity ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Deli dialect
ⓘ
Juhar dialect ⓘ Kabanjahe dialect ⓘ Langkat dialect ⓘ Munte dialect ⓘ Tigapanah dialect ⓘ |
| hasLiterature |
folktales
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Dutch language
ⓘ
English language ⓘ Indonesian language ⓘ Malay language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
affixation for verb derivation
ⓘ
focus-like verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length is absent
ⓘ
prenasalized stops occur ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | btx ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | some schools in Karo Regency ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| region |
Deli Serdang Regency
ⓘ
Karo Regency ⓘ Langkat Regency ⓘ Medan ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Karo people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
North Sumatra ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Batak languages
ⓘ
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages ⓘ
linked to:
Batak languages
|
| usedAlongside | Indonesian language ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication among Karo people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Batak script
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
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
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Input
Subject: Karo Batak language Description of subject: The Karo Batak language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Karo people of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Karo Batak language
linked to: Karo Batak language