Seko languages
E150098
The Seko languages are a small subgroup of related Austronesian languages spoken in the interior highlands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seko Tengah language | 3 |
| Seko languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1322774 — 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: Seko languages Context triple: [South Sulawesi languages, hasSubgroup, Seko languages]
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A.
Laiyolo–Kaili languages
The Laiyolo–Kaili languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their shared linguistic features within the broader Celebic branch.
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B.
Koman languages
The Koman languages are a small group of closely related, lesser-known languages spoken primarily along the Ethiopia–South Sudan border and classified within the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family.
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C.
Songhay languages
The Songhay languages are a group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, Niger, and neighboring West African countries.
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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.
Sabaki languages
The Sabaki languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken along the East African coast and nearby regions, including well-known varieties such as Swahili.
- 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: Seko languages Target entity description: The Seko languages are a small subgroup of related Austronesian languages spoken in the interior highlands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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A.
Laiyolo–Kaili languages
The Laiyolo–Kaili languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their shared linguistic features within the broader Celebic branch.
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B.
Koman languages
The Koman languages are a small group of closely related, lesser-known languages spoken primarily along the Ethiopia–South Sudan border and classified within the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family.
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C.
Songhay languages
The Songhay languages are a group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, Niger, and neighboring West African countries.
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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.
Sabaki languages
The Sabaki languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken along the East African coast and nearby regions, including well-known varieties such as Swahili.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| areCharacterizedBy |
close linguistic relationship among member languages
ⓘ
geographic concentration in interior highlands ⓘ |
| areClassifiedAs | small subgroup of Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| areDocumentedBy | field linguists working in Sulawesi ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| arePartOf |
Celebic languages (in some classifications)
ⓘ
linked to:
Celebic languages
|
| areRelated | each other ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy |
Seko peoples
ⓘ
small speech communities ⓘ |
| areSpokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes
island of Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to:
Sulawesi region
|
| areStudiedIn |
Austronesian linguistics
ⓘ
Sulawesi language classification ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| family |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| haveISO6393Code | none (each member language has its own code) ⓘ |
| haveSubgroup |
Budong-Budong language
ⓘ
Seko Lemo language ⓘ Seko Padang language ⓘ Seko Tengah language ⓘ
linked to:
Seko languages
|
| haveWritingSystem | primarily unwritten or using Indonesian orthography ⓘ |
| region | South Sulawesi ⓘ |
| spokenIn | interior highlands of South Sulawesi ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Malayo-Polynesian languages
ⓘ
South Sulawesi languages ⓘ |
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: Seko languages Description of subject: The Seko languages are a small subgroup of related Austronesian languages spoken in the interior highlands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Seko languages
linked to: Seko languages
linked to: Seko languages