Tamil–Irula subgroup
E207451
The Tamil–Irula subgroup is a branch of the Dravidian language family that encompasses closely related Tamil and Irula linguistic varieties spoken primarily in South India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tamil–Irula subgroup canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1802449 — 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: Tamil–Irula subgroup Context triple: [Southern Dravidian, includes, Tamil–Irula subgroup]
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A.
Tamil–Kodagu subgroup
The Tamil–Kodagu subgroup is a branch of the Dravidian language family that encompasses closely related languages spoken primarily in southern India, including Tamil and Kodagu (Kodava).
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B.
Tamil–Malayalam subgroup
The Tamil–Malayalam subgroup is a branch of the Dravidian language family comprising closely related languages such as Tamil and Malayalam that evolved from a common ancestral tongue in South India.
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C.
Tamil–Kannada subgroup
The Tamil–Kannada subgroup is a primary branch of the Dravidian language family that encompasses closely related South Indian languages, including Tamil and Kannada, which share a common historical and linguistic ancestry.
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D.
Kolami–Naiki subgroup
The Kolami–Naiki subgroup is a branch of the Dravidian language family comprising closely related tribal languages spoken primarily in central India.
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E.
South-Central Dravidian
South-Central Dravidian is a branch of the Dravidian language family that includes languages such as Telugu and related tongues spoken primarily in south-central 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: Tamil–Irula subgroup Target entity description: The Tamil–Irula subgroup is a branch of the Dravidian language family that encompasses closely related Tamil and Irula linguistic varieties spoken primarily in South India.
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A.
Tamil–Kodagu subgroup
The Tamil–Kodagu subgroup is a branch of the Dravidian language family that encompasses closely related languages spoken primarily in southern India, including Tamil and Kodagu (Kodava).
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B.
Tamil–Malayalam subgroup
The Tamil–Malayalam subgroup is a branch of the Dravidian language family comprising closely related languages such as Tamil and Malayalam that evolved from a common ancestral tongue in South India.
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C.
Tamil–Kannada subgroup
The Tamil–Kannada subgroup is a primary branch of the Dravidian language family that encompasses closely related South Indian languages, including Tamil and Kannada, which share a common historical and linguistic ancestry.
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D.
Kolami–Naiki subgroup
The Kolami–Naiki subgroup is a branch of the Dravidian language family comprising closely related tribal languages spoken primarily in central India.
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E.
South-Central Dravidian
South-Central Dravidian is a branch of the Dravidian language family that includes languages such as Telugu and related tongues spoken primarily in south-central India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Dravidian languages
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| characterizedBy | close linguistic relationship between Tamil and Irula ⓘ |
| hasGeneticRelationshipWith |
Irula
ⓘ
linked to:
Irula people
Tamil ⓘ |
| hasISOClassification | Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily |
Dravidian
ⓘ
linked to:
Dravidian languages
|
| hasLinguisticFeature |
Dravidian agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
SOV basic word order ⓘ postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ rich case system ⓘ verb-final clause structure ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticVariety |
Irula
ⓘ
linked to:
Iruliga
Tamil ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Irula
ⓘ
linked to:
Iruliga
Tamil ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryRegion | southern India ⓘ |
| hasScript | Tamil script ⓘ |
| hasSubgroupType | South Dravidian subgroup ⓘ |
| includes |
Irula language
ⓘ
Tamil language ⓘ
linked to:
Tamil
|
| partOf | South Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ South India ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Dravidian language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Dravidian languages
|
| usedBy |
Irula people
ⓘ
Tamil ethnic group ⓘ |
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: Tamil–Irula subgroup Description of subject: The Tamil–Irula subgroup is a branch of the Dravidian language family that encompasses closely related Tamil and Irula linguistic varieties spoken primarily in South India.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.