Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
E143195
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken mainly in eastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, including major languages such as Bengali, Assamese, and Odia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Indo-Aryan languages canonical | 17 |
| Eastern Indo-Aryan | 3 |
| Eastern Indo-Aryan subgroup | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1157698 — 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: Eastern Indo-Aryan languages Context triple: [Odia, subfamily, Eastern Indo-Aryan languages]
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A.
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Sindhi, Punjabi, and Lahnda.
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B.
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryan languages are a major branch of the Indo-European family spoken primarily in the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Marathi.
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C.
Indo-Iranian languages
Indo-Iranian languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes numerous related languages spoken across Iran, Afghanistan, the Indian subcontinent, and surrounding regions.
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D.
North Dravidian languages
The North Dravidian languages are a small, geographically northern branch of the Dravidian language family spoken mainly in eastern and central India, including languages such as Kurukh and Malto.
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E.
Middle Indo-Aryan
Middle Indo-Aryan is the group of Indo-Aryan languages and dialects, including Prakrits and Pali, that represent the intermediate historical stage between Old Indo-Aryan (Vedic and Classical Sanskrit) and the modern Indo-Aryan languages.
- 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: Eastern Indo-Aryan languages Target entity description: Eastern Indo-Aryan languages are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken mainly in eastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, including major languages such as Bengali, Assamese, and Odia.
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A.
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Sindhi, Punjabi, and Lahnda.
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B.
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryan languages are a major branch of the Indo-European family spoken primarily in the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Marathi.
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C.
Indo-Iranian languages
Indo-Iranian languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes numerous related languages spoken across Iran, Afghanistan, the Indian subcontinent, and surrounding regions.
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D.
North Dravidian languages
The North Dravidian languages are a small, geographically northern branch of the Dravidian language family spoken mainly in eastern and central India, including languages such as Kurukh and Malto.
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E.
Middle Indo-Aryan
Middle Indo-Aryan is the group of Indo-Aryan languages and dialects, including Prakrits and Pali, that represent the intermediate historical stage between Old Indo-Aryan (Vedic and Classical Sanskrit) and the modern Indo-Aryan languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan languages subgroup
ⓘ
language branch ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Assam region
ⓘ
linked to:
Assam
Bengal region ⓘ
linked to:
Bengal
Odisha region ⓘ
linked to:
Orissa
Terai region of Nepal ⓘ
linked to:
Terai
eastern Indo-Gangetic plain ⓘ lower Gangetic plain ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Gangetic Plain
|
| hasMajorLanguage |
Angika language
ⓘ
Assamese language ⓘ
linked to:
Assamese
Bengali language ⓘ
linked to:
Bengali
Bhojpuri language ⓘ
linked to:
Bhojpuri
Bishnupriya Manipuri language ⓘ Brajavali language ⓘ Chhattisgarhi language ⓘ
linked to:
Chhattisgarhi
Chittagonian language ⓘ Kamta language ⓘ
linked to:
Chambeali language
Khortha language ⓘ Kurmali language ⓘ Magahi language ⓘ Maithili language ⓘ
linked to:
Maithili
Odia language ⓘ
linked to:
Odia
Rajbanshi language ⓘ Rohingya language ⓘ Sadanic languages ⓘ Sadri language ⓘ Simalungun Bengali-based creoles ⓘ Surjapuri language ⓘ Sylheti language ⓘ |
| hasStandardLanguage |
Standard Assamese
ⓘ
linked to:
Assamese
Standard Bengali ⓘ Standard Odia ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin |
Eastern Apabhraṃśa
ⓘ
linked to:
Apabhramsha
Magadhan Prakrit ⓘ
linked to:
Magadhi Prakrit
|
| linguisticFeature |
SOV basic word order
ⓘ
complex verbal agreement systems ⓘ postpositional phrase structure ⓘ rich case-marking in many languages ⓘ split-ergativity in some languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
Bhutan ⓘ India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ eastern India ⓘ northeastern India ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| usedAsOfficialLanguageIn |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
Indian state of Assam ⓘ
linked to:
Assam
Indian state of Bihar ⓘ
linked to:
Bihar
Indian state of Chhattisgarh ⓘ Indian state of Jharkhand ⓘ Indian state of Odisha ⓘ Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ
linked to:
West Bengal
|
| writingSystem |
Bengali–Assamese script
ⓘ
Devanagari script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
Odia 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: Eastern Indo-Aryan languages Description of subject: Eastern Indo-Aryan languages are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken mainly in eastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, including major languages such as Bengali, Assamese, and Odia.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Eastern Indo-Aryan languages