Isnag language
E135951
The Isnag language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Isnag people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isnag language canonical | 4 |
| Itneg language | 1 |
| Manide language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1199554 — 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: Isnag language Context triple: [Philippine–Cordilleran languages, hasMember, Isnag language]
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A.
Sabine language
The Sabine language was an extinct Italic tongue once spoken by the ancient Sabine people of central Italy, closely related to other Osco-Umbrian languages.
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B.
Unami language
The Unami language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Lenape (Delaware) people in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
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C.
Ngäbere language
The Ngäbere language is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken primarily by the Ngäbe people of Panama and Costa Rica.
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D.
Kumzari language
The Kumzari language is an endangered Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Kumzari people in the Musandam Peninsula of Oman.
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E.
Yola language
The Yola language was an extinct West Germanic language once spoken in County Wexford, Ireland, that preserved many archaic features derived from early English settlers.
- 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: Isnag language Target entity description: The Isnag language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Isnag people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
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A.
Sabine language
The Sabine language was an extinct Italic tongue once spoken by the ancient Sabine people of central Italy, closely related to other Osco-Umbrian languages.
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B.
Unami language
The Unami language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Lenape (Delaware) people in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
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C.
Ngäbere language
The Ngäbere language is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken primarily by the Ngäbe people of Panama and Costa Rica.
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D.
Kumzari language
The Kumzari language is an endangered Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Kumzari people in the Musandam Peninsula of Oman.
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E.
Yola language
The Yola language was an extinct West Germanic language once spoken in County Wexford, Ireland, that preserved many archaic features derived from early English settlers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Austronesian language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| classificationStatus | well-established within Northern Luzon subgroup ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Isnag ⓘ |
| governingCountry |
Republic of the Philippines
ⓘ
linked to:
Philippines
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Apayao
ⓘ
Isnag-Isneg ⓘ Isneg ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Bayag
ⓘ
Calanasan ⓘ Kabugao ⓘ Karagawan ⓘ Marag ⓘ Talifuguen ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | isna1243 ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea |
Northern Luzon linguistic area
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Luzon languages
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
focus system typical of Philippine-type languages
ⓘ
voice affixation on verbs ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Ibanag language
ⓘ
Ilocano language ⓘ Itawit language ⓘ Kalinga language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasScriptType | alphabetic script ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | none (no fully standardized orthography) ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | Austronesian alignment ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | isd ⓘ |
| isPartOf | languages of the Philippines ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| primaryLocation |
Apayao Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Apayao
Cagayan Province ⓘ |
| region | northern Cordillera ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Isnag people
ⓘ
linked to:
Isneg people
|
| spokenIn |
Cordillera region
ⓘ
linked to:
Cordillera mountain region
Luzon ⓘ Philippines ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Cordilleran languages
ⓘ
Northern Luzon languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature | verb–initial word order ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication among Isnag people ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional oral literature of the Isnag ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
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: Isnag language Description of subject: The Isnag language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Isnag people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Isnag language
linked to: Isnag language