Wotu–Wolio languages
E143599
The Wotu–Wolio languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their close relationship within the Celebic branch.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wotu–Wolio languages canonical | 8 |
| Wotu language | 3 |
| Wotu-Wolio languages | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1199501 — 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: Wotu–Wolio languages Context triple: [Celebic languages, hasSubgroup, Wotu–Wolio 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.
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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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.
Bungku–Tolaki languages
The Bungku–Tolaki languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their shared phonological and grammatical features within the Celebic branch.
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E.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
- 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: Wotu–Wolio languages Target entity description: The Wotu–Wolio languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their close relationship within the Celebic branch.
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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.
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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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.
Bungku–Tolaki languages
The Bungku–Tolaki languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their shared phonological and grammatical features within the Celebic branch.
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E.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language group
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| areClassifiedBy | comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areKnownFor |
being spoken in southeastern Sulawesi
ⓘ
close internal relationship within the Celebic branch ⓘ |
| areLocatedIn |
Sulawesi
ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes
|
| arePartOf |
Austronesian language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| areSpokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes
|
| areStudiedIn | Austronesian linguistics ⓘ |
| branch | Celebic ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| family |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| haveGeneticRelationshipWith | other Celebic languages ⓘ |
| haveMember |
Kalao language
ⓘ
Kamaru language ⓘ Kumbewaha language ⓘ Laiyolo language ⓘ Lasalimu language ⓘ Wolio language ⓘ Wotu language ⓘ
linked to:
Wotu–Wolio languages
|
| linguisticTypology | Austronesian typology ⓘ |
| region |
Sulawesi
ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes
|
| subclassOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Celebic languages ⓘ |
| 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: Wotu–Wolio languages Description of subject: The Wotu–Wolio languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their close relationship within the Celebic branch.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wotu–Wolio languages
linked to: Wotu–Wolio languages
linked to: Wotu–Wolio languages
linked to: Wotu–Wolio languages
linked to: Wotu–Wolio languages