Ammonite language
E196861
The Ammonite language was an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Ammonite kingdom in the region of modern-day Jordan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ammonite language canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1764151 — 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: Ammonite language Context triple: [Phoenician language, closelyRelatedTo, Ammonite language]
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A.
Amuesha language
The Amuesha language, also known as Yanesha', is an Arawakan language spoken by the Yanesha' people of the central Peruvian Amazon.
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B.
Eonavian language
Eonavian language is a Romance language variety spoken in the western coastal region of Asturias, Spain, sharing features with both Galician and Asturian.
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C.
Irminonic languages
Irminonic languages are a branch of the West Germanic language family that includes High German varieties such as Standard German and Yiddish.
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D.
Lemnian language
The Lemnian language is an extinct ancient language once spoken on the island of Lemnos in the Aegean Sea, known primarily from a few inscriptions and thought to be related to the Tyrsenian language family that includes Etruscan.
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E.
Hadza language
The Hadza language is an isolate spoken by the Hadza people of northern Tanzania, notable for its extensive use of click consonants and lack of clear genetic affiliation to other language families.
- 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: Ammonite language Target entity description: The Ammonite language was an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Ammonite kingdom in the region of modern-day Jordan.
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A.
Amuesha language
The Amuesha language, also known as Yanesha', is an Arawakan language spoken by the Yanesha' people of the central Peruvian Amazon.
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B.
Eonavian language
Eonavian language is a Romance language variety spoken in the western coastal region of Asturias, Spain, sharing features with both Galician and Asturian.
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C.
Irminonic languages
Irminonic languages are a branch of the West Germanic language family that includes High German varieties such as Standard German and Yiddish.
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D.
Lemnian language
The Lemnian language is an extinct ancient language once spoken on the island of Lemnos in the Aegean Sea, known primarily from a few inscriptions and thought to be related to the Tyrsenian language family that includes Etruscan.
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E.
Hadza language
The Hadza language is an isolate spoken by the Hadza people of northern Tanzania, notable for its extensive use of click consonants and lack of clear genetic affiliation to other language families.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Northwest Semitic language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ |
| attestedBy |
inscriptions
ⓘ
ostraca ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Edomite language
ⓘ
Hebrew language ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
Moabite language ⓘ Phoenician language ⓘ |
| era | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| extinctionPeriod | by early 1st millennium CE (approximate) ⓘ |
| glottocode | ammo1241 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Canaanite vowel shift /aː/ to /oː/
ⓘ
retention of feminine plural ending -at ⓘ use of definite article -ha- similar to Hebrew ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | qgg ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Northwest Semitic languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Semitic
|
| linguisticTypology |
VSO word order (tendency)
ⓘ
fusional language ⓘ |
| partOf |
Canaanite linguistic area
ⓘ
linked to:
Canaanite languages
|
| reconstructedFrom | epigraphic evidence ⓘ |
| region | Transjordan ⓘ |
| scriptType | abjad ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Ammonites
ⓘ
linked to:
Ammonite
|
| spokenIn |
Kingdom of Ammon
ⓘ
region of modern-day Jordan ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Canaanite languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative records
ⓘ
personal names on seals ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Phoenician 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: Ammonite language Description of subject: The Ammonite language was an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Ammonite kingdom in the region of modern-day Jordan.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.