Kaxabu language
E157187
The Kaxabu language is an indigenous Formosan language of Taiwan spoken by the Kaxabu people and considered highly endangered.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaxabu language canonical | 6 |
| Kaxabu Bunun language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1204548 — 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: Kaxabu language Context triple: [Formosan languages, majorSubgroupIncludes, Kaxabu language]
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A.
Kavalan language
The Kavalan language is an endangered Austronesian language of the indigenous Kavalan people of northeastern Taiwan.
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B.
Kalanguya language
The Kalanguya language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Luzon highlands of the Philippines.
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C.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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D.
Kamviri language
The Kamviri language is a Nuristani language spoken primarily by the Kam people in parts of eastern Afghanistan and neighboring regions of Pakistan.
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E.
Hoanya language
The Hoanya language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Hoanya people of western Taiwan and classified among the indigenous Formosan languages.
- 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: Kaxabu language Target entity description: The Kaxabu language is an indigenous Formosan language of Taiwan spoken by the Kaxabu people and considered highly endangered.
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A.
Kavalan language
The Kavalan language is an endangered Austronesian language of the indigenous Kavalan people of northeastern Taiwan.
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B.
Kalanguya language
The Kalanguya language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Luzon highlands of the Philippines.
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C.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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D.
Kamviri language
The Kamviri language is a Nuristani language spoken primarily by the Kam people in parts of eastern Afghanistan and neighboring regions of Pakistan.
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E.
Hoanya language
The Hoanya language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Hoanya people of western Taiwan and classified among the indigenous Formosan languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Formosan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of Taiwan ⓘ |
| classificationDebate |
sometimes classified as a dialect of Bunun
ⓘ
sometimes treated as a distinct language ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
Taiwan
ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
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| endangermentStatus | highly endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kaxabu ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kaxabu
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Kaxabu Bunun ⓘ Kaxabu Bunun language ⓘ
linked to:
Kaxabu language
|
| hasLinguisticFeature |
Austronesian alignment
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focus system ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulationStatus | very small number of fluent speakers ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | xas ⓘ |
| isSpokenIn |
Caotun
ⓘ
Nantou County ⓘ Puli ⓘ Taichung ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Formosan languages ⓘ |
| region | central Taiwan ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Bunun language ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kaxabu people ⓘ |
| usedByCommunityFor |
cultural practices
ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ |
| 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: Kaxabu language Description of subject: The Kaxabu language is an indigenous Formosan language of Taiwan spoken by the Kaxabu people and considered highly endangered.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kaxabu language