Semnani languages
E214828
Semnani languages are a small group of closely related Northwestern Iranian languages spoken primarily in Iran’s Semnan province, noted for preserving many archaic Iranian features.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Semnani languages canonical | 6 |
| Semnani language | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1918574 — 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: Semnani languages Context triple: [Northwestern Iranian languages, hasMajorSubgroup, Semnani languages]
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A.
Zanian languages
Zanian languages are a small group of closely related Kartvelian languages spoken primarily in western Georgia, including Mingrelian and Laz.
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B.
Tani languages
The Tani languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken primarily in Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining regions of Northeast India by various indigenous communities.
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C.
Mahakam languages
The Mahakam languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken along the Mahakam River region of Borneo, forming a distinct branch within the broader Barito language family.
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D.
Subanen languages
The Subanen languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken by the Subanen people in the Zamboanga Peninsula and nearby areas of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
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E.
Wintuan languages
Wintuan languages are a small family of Native American languages historically spoken in northern California, often grouped within the proposed Penutian phylum.
- 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: Semnani languages Target entity description: Semnani languages are a small group of closely related Northwestern Iranian languages spoken primarily in Iran’s Semnan province, noted for preserving many archaic Iranian features.
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A.
Zanian languages
Zanian languages are a small group of closely related Kartvelian languages spoken primarily in western Georgia, including Mingrelian and Laz.
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B.
Tani languages
The Tani languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken primarily in Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining regions of Northeast India by various indigenous communities.
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C.
Mahakam languages
The Mahakam languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken along the Mahakam River region of Borneo, forming a distinct branch within the broader Barito language family.
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D.
Subanen languages
The Subanen languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken by the Subanen people in the Zamboanga Peninsula and nearby areas of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
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E.
Wintuan languages
Wintuan languages are a small family of Native American languages historically spoken in northern California, often grouped within the proposed Penutian phylum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iranian languages
ⓘ
Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ Western Iranian languages ⓘ language group ⓘ |
| characteristic |
distinct from Persian
ⓘ
mutual intelligibility between varieties is limited ⓘ preserve many archaic Iranian features ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Luri languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Luri language
Persian language ⓘ Tajik language ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | relatively poorly documented compared to major Iranian languages ⓘ |
| feature |
conservative phonology compared to Persian
ⓘ
divergent verbal morphology from Persian ⓘ retention of some Old Iranian lexical items ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Komisenian languages
ⓘ
Kumesani languages ⓘ Kumesi languages ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aftari language
ⓘ
Biyabunaki language ⓘ Lasgerdi language ⓘ Sangsari language ⓘ
linked to:
Sangisari language
Semnani language ⓘ Sorkhei language ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | individual varieties have separate ISO 639-3 codes ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Iranian languages ⓘ |
| linguisticBranch | Northwestern Iranian ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indo-European languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| region |
Alborz mountain region
ⓘ
linked to:
Elburz Mountains
Semnan Province ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Caspian languages
ⓘ
Kurdish languages ⓘ Tatic languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Iran
ⓘ
Semnan Province ⓘ northern Iran ⓘ |
| status |
endangered
ⓘ
minority languages in Iran ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Iranian languages
ⓘ
Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ Western Iranian languages ⓘ |
| timeDepth | directly continue local Middle Iranian dialects ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Sangsari ethnic communities
ⓘ
Semnani ethnic communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Perso-Arabic script (for some varieties, non-standardized) ⓘ |
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: Semnani languages Description of subject: Semnani languages are a small group of closely related Northwestern Iranian languages spoken primarily in Iran’s Semnan province, noted for preserving many archaic Iranian features.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Semnani languages
linked to: Semnani languages
linked to: Semnani languages