Irula language
E202767
Irula language is a Dravidian tribal language spoken primarily by the Irula people in parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irula language canonical | 10 |
| Irula–Kurumba languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1802441 — 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: Irula language Context triple: [Southern Dravidian, includes, Irula language]
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A.
Chenchu language
The Chenchu language is a Dravidian tribal language spoken by the Chenchu people of India, primarily in the forests of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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B.
Mundari
Mundari is an Austroasiatic Munda language of eastern India, spoken primarily by the Munda people in states such as Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal.
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C.
Kurukh
Kurukh is an indigenous Dravidian language spoken primarily by the Oraon tribal communities in eastern and central India.
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D.
Guna language
Guna language is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Guna people of Panama and Colombia.
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E.
Lambadi language
The Lambadi language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Banjara (Lambadi) community in parts of India.
- 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: Irula language Target entity description: Irula language is a Dravidian tribal language spoken primarily by the Irula people in parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India.
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A.
Chenchu language
The Chenchu language is a Dravidian tribal language spoken by the Chenchu people of India, primarily in the forests of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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B.
Mundari
Mundari is an Austroasiatic Munda language of eastern India, spoken primarily by the Munda people in states such as Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal.
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C.
Kurukh
Kurukh is an indigenous Dravidian language spoken primarily by the Oraon tribal communities in eastern and central India.
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D.
Guna language
Guna language is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Guna people of Panama and Colombia.
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E.
Lambadi language
The Lambadi language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Banjara (Lambadi) community in parts of India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dravidian language
ⓘ
language ⓘ tribal language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Iruliga
ⓘ
Iruḷa ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Irula ethnic group
ⓘ
linked to:
Irula people
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kannada language
ⓘ
linked to:
Kannada
Malayalam language ⓘ Tamil language ⓘ
linked to:
Tamil
|
| contactWith |
Kannada language
ⓘ
linked to:
Kannada
Malayalam language ⓘ
linked to:
Malayalam
Tamil language ⓘ
linked to:
Tamil
|
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| ethnicPopulation | Irula people ⓘ |
| family |
Dravidian
ⓘ
linked to:
Dravidian languages
|
| glottologCode | irul1244 ⓘ |
| glottologName |
Irula
ⓘ
linked to:
Iruliga
|
| hasEthnologueEntry |
Irula
ⓘ
linked to:
Irula people
|
| hasLinguisticFeature |
Dravidian-type verb morphology
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ postpositions ⓘ rich case system ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | iru ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch |
South Dravidian I
ⓘ
linked to:
South Dravidian languages
|
| macroArea | Eurasia ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
home domain
ⓘ
intra-community communication ⓘ |
| region |
Nilgiri Hills
ⓘ
South India ⓘ parts of Kerala ⓘ parts of Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| script | Tamil script ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Irula people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| status |
minority language
ⓘ
vulnerable language ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Southern Dravidian languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Dravidian
|
| usedFor | oral communication ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingTradition | limited ⓘ |
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: Irula language Description of subject: Irula language is a Dravidian tribal language spoken primarily by the Irula people in parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Irula language