Ethnologue
E231982
Ethnologue is a comprehensive reference work that catalogs and provides detailed information on the world’s known living languages.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ethnologue canonical | 25 |
| Ethnologue 26 | 2 |
| Ethnologue (as part of Bantoid classifications) | 1 |
| Ethnologue Masalit | 1 |
| Ethnologue classification | 1 |
| Ethnologue database | 1 |
| Ethnologue.com | 1 |
| Ethnologue: Languages of the World | 1 |
| Languages of the World | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2084726 — 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: Ethnologue Context triple: [Luo language, hasLinguisticClassificationSource, Ethnologue]
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A.
UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
The UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger is an online reference work that documents and maps endangered languages worldwide, providing information on their vitality and risk of extinction.
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B.
Maipurean languages
The Maipurean languages are a major branch of the Arawakan language family, historically spoken across large areas of northern South America and the Caribbean.
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C.
Zenati languages
The Zenati languages are a branch of the Berber language family spoken primarily in North Africa, especially across parts of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.
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D.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
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E.
Tebu languages
The Tebu languages are a group of closely related Saharan languages spoken primarily by the Tebu people across parts of Chad, Niger, and Libya.
- 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: Ethnologue Target entity description: Ethnologue is a comprehensive reference work that catalogs and provides detailed information on the world’s known living languages.
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A.
UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
The UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger is an online reference work that documents and maps endangered languages worldwide, providing information on their vitality and risk of extinction.
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B.
Maipurean languages
The Maipurean languages are a major branch of the Arawakan language family, historically spoken across large areas of northern South America and the Caribbean.
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C.
Zenati languages
The Zenati languages are a branch of the Berber language family spoken primarily in North Africa, especially across parts of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.
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D.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
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E.
Tebu languages
The Tebu languages are a group of closely related Saharan languages spoken primarily by the Tebu people across parts of Chad, Niger, and Libya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguistic database
ⓘ
online database ⓘ print publication ⓘ reference work ⓘ |
| accessModel | subscription-based online access ⓘ |
| aimsTo | provide comprehensive information on the world’s living languages ⓘ |
| covers | all known living languages ⓘ |
| excludes | most extinct languages ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
language classification
ⓘ
language documentation ⓘ language statistics ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | Ethnologue ⓘ |
| hasDataType |
descriptive language data
ⓘ
quantitative language statistics ⓘ |
| hasEditionCount | over 20 editions ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject |
living languages
ⓘ
world languages ⓘ |
| hasNotableEditor |
Charles D. Fennig
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gary F. Simons ⓘ M. Paul Lewis ⓘ |
| hasOnlineVersion |
Ethnologue.com
ⓘ
linked to:
Ethnologue
|
| hasPrintFormat | multi-volume book ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
comprehensive language coverage
ⓘ
standard reference for language counts ⓘ |
| isUsedBy |
educators
ⓘ
language planners ⓘ linguists ⓘ mission organizations ⓘ policy makers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
ⓘ
linked to:
Ethnologue
|
| provides |
ISO 639-3 language codes
ⓘ
linked to:
ISO 639-3 Registration Authority
alternate language names ⓘ dialect information ⓘ geographic distribution of languages ⓘ language classification by family ⓘ language population estimates ⓘ language status information ⓘ literacy and scripture status ⓘ references to language research ⓘ |
| publishedBy | SIL International ⓘ |
| publisher | SIL International ⓘ |
| regionCovered | global ⓘ |
| subtitle |
Languages of the World
ⓘ
linked to:
Ethnologue
|
| title | Ethnologue ⓘ |
| updated | periodically ⓘ |
| uses |
ISO 639-3 standard
ⓘ
linked to:
ISO 639
|
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: Ethnologue Description of subject: Ethnologue is a comprehensive reference work that catalogs and provides detailed information on the world’s known living languages.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Luo
linked to: Ethnologue
linked to: Ethnologue
linked to: Ethnologue
linked to: Ethnologue
linked to: Ethnologue
linked to: Ethnologue
linked to: Ethnologue
linked to: Ethnologue
linked to: Ethnologue
subject linked to:
plo (Oluta Popoluca)