Bima language
E153570
Bima language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its distinct grammar and vocabulary within the region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bima language canonical | 18 |
| Bimanese language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1302653 — 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: Bima language Context triple: [Central Malayo-Polynesian languages, hasMember, Bima language]
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A.
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
- 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: Bima language Target entity description: Bima language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its distinct grammar and vocabulary within the region.
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A.
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Bima language Description of subject: Bima language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its distinct grammar and vocabulary within the region.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bima language