Maanyan language
E207954
Maanyan language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maanyan people of central Kalimantan in Indonesia, closely related to other Barito languages and historically linked to the ancestors of the Malagasy language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maanyan language canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1861365 — 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: Maanyan language Context triple: [Barito languages subgroup, hasMemberLanguage, Maanyan language]
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A.
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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B.
Bambam language
The Bambam language is an Austronesian language spoken in parts of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its place within the region’s diverse indigenous linguistic landscape.
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C.
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.
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D.
Kalao language
The Kalao language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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E.
Gaddang language
The Gaddang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Gaddang people of northern Luzon in the Philippines, particularly in the Cagayan Valley region.
- 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: Maanyan language Target entity description: Maanyan language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maanyan people of central Kalimantan in Indonesia, closely related to other Barito languages and historically linked to the ancestors of the Malagasy language.
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A.
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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B.
Bambam language
The Bambam language is an Austronesian language spoken in parts of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its place within the region’s diverse indigenous linguistic landscape.
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C.
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.
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D.
Kalao language
The Kalao language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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E.
Gaddang language
The Gaddang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Gaddang people of northern Luzon in the Philippines, particularly in the Cagayan Valley region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
East Barito subgroup
ⓘ
linked to:
Barito languages subgroup
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dusun Malang language
ⓘ
Dusun Witu language ⓘ Lawangan language ⓘ Malagasy language ⓘ
linked to:
Malagasy
|
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Maanyan people ⓘ |
| glottologCode | maan1238 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Ma’anyan ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Maanyan Dayak
ⓘ
Ma’anyan ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Banua Lima dialect
ⓘ
Dayu dialect ⓘ Paju Epat dialect ⓘ Paku dialect ⓘ Warukin dialect ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticAncestor |
Proto-Austronesian
ⓘ
Proto-East Barito ⓘ Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
linked to:
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length in some dialects
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Barito languages ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Maanyan grammar
ⓘ
Maanyan–Indonesian bilingualism ⓘ |
| historicallyLinkedTo | ancestors of Malagasy people ⓘ |
| influenced |
Malagasy language
ⓘ
linked to:
Malagasy
|
| ISO639-3Code | mhy ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| languageCodeStandard |
ISO 639-3
ⓘ
linked to:
ISO 639
|
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarityWith |
Malagasy language
ⓘ
linked to:
Malagasy
|
| partOf |
Barito language group
ⓘ
linked to:
Barito languages subgroup
|
| primaryArea |
Barito River region
ⓘ
linked to:
Barito River
|
| region | Borneo ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Maanyan people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central Kalimantan
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Barito languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Barito languages subgroup
|
| subgroupOf | East Barito languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
Austronesian alignment features
ⓘ
verb–object word order tendencies ⓘ |
| usedBy | Maanyan ethnic communities in Central Kalimantan ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local religious and cultural practices
ⓘ
traditional Maanyan oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Maanyan language Description of subject: Maanyan language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maanyan people of central Kalimantan in Indonesia, closely related to other Barito languages and historically linked to the ancestors of the Malagasy language.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.