Gorontalo language
E157945
The Gorontalo language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Gorontalo region of northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gorontalo language canonical | 12 |
| Bahasa Gorontalo | 2 |
| Gorontalo culture | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1366737 — 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: Gorontalo language Context triple: [Gorontalo–Mongondow languages, hasMember, Gorontalo language]
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A.
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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B.
Enrekang language
The Enrekang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Enrekang people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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C.
Buginese language
Buginese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its traditional Lontara script and rich literary heritage.
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D.
Belitung language
The Belitung language is an Austronesian Malayic language spoken primarily on Belitung Island in Indonesia, closely related to Malay and characterized by its own distinct phonology and vocabulary.
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E.
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.
- 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: Gorontalo language Target entity description: The Gorontalo language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Gorontalo region of northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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A.
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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B.
Enrekang language
The Enrekang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Enrekang people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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C.
Buginese language
Buginese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its traditional Lontara script and rich literary heritage.
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D.
Belitung language
The Belitung language is an Austronesian Malayic language spoken primarily on Belitung Island in Indonesia, closely related to Malay and characterized by its own distinct phonology and vocabulary.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Papunesia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Atinggola language
ⓘ
Bintauna language ⓘ Bolango language ⓘ Mongondow language ⓘ
linked to:
Bolaang Mongondow language
Suwawa language ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | Indonesian language in Gorontalo ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gorontalo people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bahasa Gorontalo
ⓘ
linked to:
Gorontalo language
Hulontalo ⓘ |
| hasDomain | home and community ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasFeature | focus-like verbal morphology similar to Philippine languages ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | goro1272 ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic language
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabic
Dutch language ⓘ
linked to:
Dutch
Indonesian language ⓘ
linked to:
Indonesian
Malay language ⓘ
linked to:
Malay
|
| hasMorphology | affixation-rich ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length not prominent
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Philippine-type languages ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional language in Indonesia ⓘ |
| hasTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Indonesian language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | gor ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Gorontalo–Mongondow ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Philippine language group ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Gorontalo region
ⓘ
linked to:
Gorontalo
|
| region |
northern Sulawesi
ⓘ
linked to:
North Sulawesi
|
| spokenIn |
Gorontalo Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Gorontalo
Indonesia ⓘ North Sulawesi Province ⓘ
linked to:
North Sulawesi
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes
|
| subfamilyOf | Gorontalo–Mongondow languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | local cultural and language programs ⓘ |
| usesScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| 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: Gorontalo language Description of subject: The Gorontalo language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Gorontalo region of northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gorontalo language
linked to: Gorontalo language
linked to: Gorontalo language