Sawunese language
E231085
The Sawunese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Savu (Sawu) Island in eastern Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sawunese language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2089389 — 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: Sawunese language Context triple: [Timor–Babar languages, hasMember, Sawunese language]
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A.
Suwawa language
The Suwawa language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Suwawa people of northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is part of the Gorontalo–Mongondow subgroup.
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B.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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C.
Mikasuki language
The Mikasuki language is a Native American Muskogean language traditionally spoken by the Miccosukee and Seminole peoples of Florida.
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D.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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E.
Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
- 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: Sawunese language Target entity description: The Sawunese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Savu (Sawu) Island in eastern Indonesia.
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A.
Suwawa language
The Suwawa language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Suwawa people of northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is part of the Gorontalo–Mongondow subgroup.
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B.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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C.
Mikasuki language
The Mikasuki language is a Native American Muskogean language traditionally spoken by the Miccosukee and Seminole peoples of Florida.
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D.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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E.
Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Sawu–Dhao language group
ⓘ
linked to:
Sawu language
|
| classificationStatus | well-attested ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dhao language
ⓘ
linked to:
Dawan language
|
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Savu people
ⓘ
Sawu people ⓘ
linked to:
Savu people
|
| geographicDistribution | Savu and nearby smaller islands ⓘ |
| glottologName | Sawu ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Havunese language
ⓘ
Savu language ⓘ
linked to:
Sawu language
Sawu language ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | marker of Sawu ethnic identity ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Liae dialect
ⓘ
Mesara dialect ⓘ Raijua dialect ⓘ Sebba dialect ⓘ Timu dialect ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | sawu1245 ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
prefixation
ⓘ
suffixation ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
prenasalized stops ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | rural communities on Savu Island ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | hvn ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language ⓘ |
| macroArea | Papunesia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
Savu Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ Savu Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Sawu Island ⓘ |
| spokenOn | Raijua Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| typology | SVO word order ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Indonesian language ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication on Savu Island ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
oral literature
ⓘ
traditional rituals ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin 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: Sawunese language Description of subject: The Sawunese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Savu (Sawu) Island in eastern Indonesia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.