Selayar language

E150101

Austronesian language language

The Selayar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Selayar Island in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bahasa Selayar	1
Selayar language canonical	1
Selayarese	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1322785 — 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: Selayar language
Context triple: [South Sulawesi languages, hasSubgroup, Selayar language]

A. Banggai language
The Banggai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Banggai people in the Banggai Islands and nearby coastal areas of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
B. Kedayan language
The Kedayan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kedayan people of Brunei, Sabah, and parts of Borneo, closely related to Malay and other Greater North Borneo languages.
C. Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
D. Ketagalan language
The Ketagalan language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Ketagalan people in northern Taiwan, traditionally classified among the Formosan languages.
E. Rejang languages
The Rejang languages are a small group of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southwestern Sumatra, Indonesia, known for their distinctive phonology and use of the traditional Rejang script.
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: Selayar language
Target entity description: The Selayar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Selayar Island in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

A. Banggai language
The Banggai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Banggai people in the Banggai Islands and nearby coastal areas of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
B. Kedayan language
The Kedayan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kedayan people of Brunei, Sabah, and parts of Borneo, closely related to Malay and other Greater North Borneo languages.
C. Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
D. Ketagalan language
The Ketagalan language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Ketagalan people in northern Taiwan, traditionally classified among the Formosan languages.
E. Rejang languages
The Rejang languages are a small group of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southwestern Sumatra, Indonesia, known for their distinctive phonology and use of the traditional Rejang script.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language ⓘ language ⓘ
belongsToBranch	South Sulawesi subgroup (often classified) ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
endangermentStatus	vulnerable (variously assessed) ⓘ
ethnicity	Selayar people ⓘ
glottologCode	sela1250 ⓘ
glottologName	Selayar ⓘ linked to: Selayar Islands
hasAlternativeName	Bahasa Selayar ⓘ linked to: Selayar language Selayar Malay ⓘ Selayarese ⓘ
hasDialects	northern Selayar dialect ⓘ southern Selayar dialect ⓘ
hasDomainOfUse	home ⓘ local markets ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearchOn	morphosyntax ⓘ phonology ⓘ verb morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length (reported in some descriptions) ⓘ five-vowel system (approximate) ⓘ prenasalized stops ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn	Indonesia ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	sly ⓘ
isPartOf	South Sulawesi linguistic area ⓘ linked to: South Sulawesi languages
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
lexicalSimilarityWith	Konjo language (moderate) ⓘ linked to: Konjo language Makassarese language (moderate) ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+8 ⓘ
neighboringLanguage	Bugis language ⓘ Konjo language ⓘ Makassarese language ⓘ linked to: Makassarese
notOfficialLanguageOf	Indonesia ⓘ
region	Selayar Islands ⓘ Sulawesi ⓘ linked to: Celebes
shiftPressureFrom	Indonesian language ⓘ Makassarese language ⓘ linked to: Makassarese
spokenIn	Indonesia ⓘ Selayar Island ⓘ linked to: Selayar Islands South Sulawesi ⓘ
subclassOf	Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
typologicalFeature	SVO basic word order ⓘ agglutinative morphology ⓘ prepositional language ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication in rural areas of Selayar Island ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Sulawesi languages → hasSubgroup → Selayar language ⓘ

Selayar language → hasAlternativeName → Bahasa Selayar ⓘ

linked to: Selayar language

Selayar Islands Regency → hasLocalLanguages → Selayarese ⓘ