Ersu Shaba script
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The Ersu Shaba script is an indigenous pictographic and ideographic writing system used by the Ersu people of China, traditionally employed by ritual specialists for religious texts and divination.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ersu Shaba script canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22849805 — 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: Ersu Shaba script Context triple: [Ersu language, script, Ersu Shaba script]
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A.
Tirhuta script
Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.
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B.
Ruqʿah script
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
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C.
Soyombo script
The Soyombo script is an artificial writing system created in the 17th century by Mongolian monk and scholar Zanabazar for writing Mongolian, Tibetan, and Sanskrit.
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D.
Sibe script
The Sibe script is an alphabetic writing system derived from the Manchu script, used primarily to write the Sibe language spoken by the Sibe people in China.
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E.
Borama script
The Borama script is an indigenous writing system historically used by some Somali communities to represent the Somali language before the adoption of more widespread scripts.
- 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: Ersu Shaba script Target entity description: The Ersu Shaba script is an indigenous pictographic and ideographic writing system used by the Ersu people of China, traditionally employed by ritual specialists for religious texts and divination.
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A.
Tirhuta script
Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.
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B.
Ruqʿah script
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
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C.
Soyombo script
The Soyombo script is an artificial writing system created in the 17th century by Mongolian monk and scholar Zanabazar for writing Mongolian, Tibetan, and Sanskrit.
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D.
Sibe script
The Sibe script is an alphabetic writing system derived from the Manchu script, used primarily to write the Sibe language spoken by the Sibe people in China.
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E.
Borama script
The Borama script is an indigenous writing system historically used by some Somali communities to represent the Somali language before the adoption of more widespread scripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.