Kisar language
E152058
The Kisar language is an Austronesian language spoken on Kisar Island in Indonesia, belonging to the Central Malayo-Polynesian subgroup.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kisar language canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1302658 — 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: Kisar language Context triple: [Central Malayo-Polynesian languages, hasMember, Kisar language]
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A.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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B.
Sakizaya language
The Sakizaya language is an indigenous Austronesian language spoken by the Sakizaya people of eastern Taiwan.
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C.
Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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D.
Kavalan language
The Kavalan language is an endangered Austronesian language of the indigenous Kavalan people of northeastern Taiwan.
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E.
Kunigami language
The Kunigami language is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken in the northern part of Okinawa Island, Japan, and is considered distinct from standard Japanese and severely endangered.
- 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: Kisar language Target entity description: The Kisar language is an Austronesian language spoken on Kisar Island in Indonesia, belonging to the Central Malayo-Polynesian subgroup.
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A.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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B.
Sakizaya language
The Sakizaya language is an indigenous Austronesian language spoken by the Sakizaya people of eastern Taiwan.
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C.
Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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D.
Kavalan language
The Kavalan language is an endangered Austronesian language of the indigenous Kavalan people of northeastern Taiwan.
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E.
Kunigami language
The Kunigami language is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken in the northern part of Okinawa Island, Japan, and is considered distinct from standard Japanese and severely endangered.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| family | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| geneticClassification |
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kisar
ⓘ
linked to:
Kisar Island
Kisar-Yotowawa ⓘ Yotowawa ⓘ Yotowawa language ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
home and community
ⓘ
traditional culture ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | kisa1262 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName |
Kisar
ⓘ
linked to:
Kisar Island
|
| hasISO639-3Code | kje ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | moderately agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | small speech community ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrastive nasal and oral stops ⓘ |
| hasStatus | local language ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature | SVO basic word order (subject–verb–object) ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Fataluku language
ⓘ
Indonesian language ⓘ Tetun language ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Indonesia ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
languages of the Timor area
ⓘ
other Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| isSpokenBy |
Kisar people
ⓘ
indigenous inhabitants of Kisar Island ⓘ |
| isSpokenOn | Kisar Island ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
Austronesian comparative linguistics
ⓘ
Central Malayo-Polynesian subgrouping studies ⓘ |
| isUsedFor | daily communication on Kisar Island ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| region | Southeast Maluku Regency ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Kisar Island ⓘ Maluku province ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Central Malayo-Polynesian subgroup
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Malayo-Polynesian 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: Kisar language Description of subject: The Kisar language is an Austronesian language spoken on Kisar Island in Indonesia, belonging to the Central Malayo-Polynesian subgroup.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.