Southwest Sabahan languages
E138027
The Southwest Sabahan languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in the southwestern part of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, known for their close relationship to other Greater North Borneo languages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southwest Sabahan languages canonical | 3 |
| Southwestern Sabahan languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1204579 — 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: Southwest Sabahan languages Context triple: [Greater North Borneo languages, includesLanguageGroup, Southwest Sabahan languages]
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A.
Wintuan languages
Wintuan languages are a small family of Native American languages historically spoken in northern California, often grouped within the proposed Penutian phylum.
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B.
Maban languages
Maban languages are a small group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan.
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C.
Tani languages
The Tani languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken primarily in Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining regions of Northeast India by various indigenous communities.
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D.
Muna–Buton languages
The Muna–Buton languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
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E.
Bantoid languages
The Bantoid languages are a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family that includes the widespread Bantu languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
- 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: Southwest Sabahan languages Target entity description: The Southwest Sabahan languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in the southwestern part of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, known for their close relationship to other Greater North Borneo languages.
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A.
Wintuan languages
Wintuan languages are a small family of Native American languages historically spoken in northern California, often grouped within the proposed Penutian phylum.
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B.
Maban languages
Maban languages are a small group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan.
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C.
Tani languages
The Tani languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken primarily in Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining regions of Northeast India by various indigenous communities.
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D.
Muna–Buton languages
The Muna–Buton languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
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E.
Bantoid languages
The Bantoid languages are a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family that includes the widespread Bantu languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy |
Dusun ethnic groups
ⓘ
Murut ethnic groups ⓘ
linked to:
Murut people
indigenous peoples of Sabah ⓘ |
| classifiedBy | linguistic comparative method ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Southwestern Sabahan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Southwest Sabahan languages
|
| hasCommonAncestryWith | other Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ |
| hasDomain | linguistics ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | several member languages are endangered ⓘ |
| hasGeographicDistribution |
northern Borneo
ⓘ
linked to:
Borneo
|
| hasLinguisticFeature |
lexical similarities with other North Borneo languages
ⓘ
shared innovations with Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ |
| hasMacroFamily |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length in some languages
ⓘ
rich consonant inventories ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryCountry | Malaysia ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Sabah ⓘ |
| hasStatus | many member languages are minority languages ⓘ |
| hasSubclassificationCriterion |
shared lexical innovations
ⓘ
shared morphological patterns ⓘ shared phonological innovations ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Dusunic languages
ⓘ
Murutic languages ⓘ Paitanic languages ⓘ Papar language ⓘ Tatana language ⓘ |
| hasTypology | predominantly agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | typically verb–initial ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script (for many member languages) ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southwestern Sabah ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | Borneo ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Austronesian language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | historical linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Malaysia
ⓘ
Malaysian Borneo ⓘ
linked to:
East Malaysia
Sabah ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Austronesian linguistics ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ |
| usedIn | oral tradition in Sabah ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Southwest Sabahan languages Description of subject: The Southwest Sabahan languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in the southwestern part of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, known for their close relationship to other Greater North Borneo languages.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Southwest Sabahan languages