Maranao language
E174994
The Maranao language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Maranao people around Lake Lanao in Mindanao, Philippines.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maranao language canonical | 28 |
| Maranaw language | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1352080 — 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: Maranao language Context triple: [Southern Philippine languages subgroup, hasMember, Maranao language]
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A.
Maguindanaon language
The Maguindanaon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Maguindanaon people in the Mindanao region of the southern Philippines.
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B.
Butuanon language
The Butuanon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in and around Butuan City in Mindanao, Philippines.
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C.
Balangao language
The Balangao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Balangao people in the Mountain Province of the northern Philippines.
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D.
Bikol language
The Bikol language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, known for its several regional varieties and close relation to other Central Philippine languages.
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E.
Hanunoo language
The Hanunoo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Hanunoo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines, notable for its indigenous syllabic script and rich oral poetic tradition.
- 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: Maranao language Target entity description: The Maranao language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Maranao people around Lake Lanao in Mindanao, Philippines.
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A.
Maguindanaon language
The Maguindanaon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Maguindanaon people in the Mindanao region of the southern Philippines.
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B.
Butuanon language
The Butuanon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in and around Butuan City in Mindanao, Philippines.
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C.
Balangao language
The Balangao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Balangao people in the Mountain Province of the northern Philippines.
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D.
Bikol language
The Bikol language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, known for its several regional varieties and close relation to other Central Philippine languages.
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E.
Hanunoo language
The Hanunoo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Hanunoo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines, notable for its indigenous syllabic script and rich oral poetic tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ Philippine language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Central Philippine languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Central Philippine languages
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Iranun language
ⓘ
Maguindanaon language ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Maranao people
ⓘ
linked to:
Maranao
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Maranaw language
ⓘ
linked to:
Maranao language
Meranao language ⓘ Mëranaw language ⓘ |
| hasApproximateSpeakers | 1000000 ⓘ |
| hasDialects | varieties around Lake Lanao ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | mara1402 ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic
ⓘ
Cebuano ⓘ
linked to:
Cebuano language
Malay ⓘ Tagalog ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | Austronesian alignment system ⓘ |
| hasNativeName |
Maranaw
ⓘ
Meranaw ⓘ Mëranaw ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinctive vowel raising
ⓘ
geminate consonants ⓘ stress accent ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | verb–initial ⓘ |
| ISO639-2 | mrw ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | mrw ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | linguistic studies on Philippine languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Moro languages ⓘ |
| region |
Lanao region
ⓘ
linked to:
Lanao del Sur
Mindanao ⓘ |
| script |
Arabic script
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabic alphabet
Batang Arab script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ |
| spokenAround | Lake Lanao ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Muslim population of Lanao del Sur ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Lanao del Sur
ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ Philippines ⓘ |
| status | regional language in the Philippines ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Maranao diaspora communities abroad
ⓘ
Maranao diaspora communities in the Philippines ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Darangen epic
ⓘ
Islamic religious education in Lanao ⓘ oral literature of the Maranao people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic-based script
ⓘ
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: Maranao language Description of subject: The Maranao language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Maranao people around Lake Lanao in Mindanao, Philippines.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.