Banjar language
E133295
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banjar language canonical | 22 |
| Bahasa Banjar | 3 |
| Banjar Hulu dialect | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1082509 — 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: Banjar language Context triple: [Malay, closelyRelatedTo, Banjar language]
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A.
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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B.
Fala language
Fala is a small Ibero-Romance language spoken in a few villages in Spain’s Extremadura region, notable for its close relation to Galician-Portuguese and its strong local identity.
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C.
Buginese language
Buginese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its traditional Lontara script and rich literary heritage.
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D.
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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E.
Batak languages
The Batak languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
- 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: Banjar language Target entity description: The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
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A.
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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B.
Fala language
Fala is a small Ibero-Romance language spoken in a few villages in Spain’s Extremadura region, notable for its close relation to Galician-Portuguese and its strong local identity.
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C.
Buginese language
Buginese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its traditional Lontara script and rich literary heritage.
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D.
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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E.
Batak languages
The Batak languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Malayic language ⓘ regional language of Indonesia ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Banjar culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Banjar people
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Indonesian language
ⓘ
Malay language ⓘ
linked to:
Malay
|
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| ethnicLanguageOf | Banjar people ⓘ |
| family | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| glottologCode | banj1247 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Banjar ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bahasa Banjar
ⓘ
linked to:
Banjar language
Banjarese ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Banjar Batang Banyu dialect
ⓘ
Banjar Hulu dialect ⓘ
linked to:
Banjar language
Banjar Kuala dialect ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Arabic language
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabic
Indonesian language ⓘ Javanese language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | affixation similar to Malay ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Javanese language
ⓘ
linked to:
Javanese
Maanyan language ⓘ Ngaju Dayak language ⓘ
linked to:
Ngaju language
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length not phonemic
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory similar to Malay ⓘ |
| hasStandardVariety | urban Banjar Kuala variety ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic word order SVO ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | some varieties of Malay ⓘ |
| isRecognizedBy | Indonesian local governments in South Kalimantan ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-2 | bjn ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | bjn ⓘ |
| lexifierFor | Banjar Malay-based creoles ⓘ |
| region |
Borneo
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Banjar people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Kalimantan ⓘ South Kalimantan ⓘ |
| status | regional language in Indonesia ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Malay language
ⓘ
linked to:
Malay
|
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroup | Malayic languages ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in parts of South Kalimantan ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local media in South Kalimantan
ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions of Banjar people ⓘ traditional Banjar literature ⓘ |
| usesScriptVariant | Pegon script ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabic alphabet
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
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: Banjar language Description of subject: The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Banjar language
linked to: Banjar language
linked to: Banjar language
linked to: Banjar language
linked to: Banjar language