Great Lakes Bantu languages
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The Great Lakes Bantu languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken around Africa’s Great Lakes region, including languages such as Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, and Luganda.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Lakes Bantu languages canonical | 6 |
| Great Lakes Bantu | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2118085 — 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: Great Lakes Bantu languages Context triple: [Kirundi, subgroup, Great Lakes Bantu languages]
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A.
Northeast Coast Bantu languages
The Northeast Coast Bantu languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken along the eastern African coast, including varieties used in parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
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B.
Western Bantu languages
Western Bantu languages are a major geographic and linguistic subgroup of the Bantu family spoken primarily in western Central Africa, including parts of countries such as Angola, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo.
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C.
Southern Bantu languages
Southern Bantu languages are a major branch of the Bantu language family spoken primarily in southern Africa, including well-known languages such as Zulu, Xhosa, and Shona.
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D.
Bantu H languages
Bantu H languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of Central and Southern Africa, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features within the wider Southern Bantoid family.
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E.
Bantu W languages
Bantu W languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of Central and Southern Africa, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features within the wider Niger-Congo 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: Great Lakes Bantu languages Target entity description: The Great Lakes Bantu languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken around Africa’s Great Lakes region, including languages such as Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, and Luganda.
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A.
Northeast Coast Bantu languages
The Northeast Coast Bantu languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken along the eastern African coast, including varieties used in parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
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B.
Western Bantu languages
Western Bantu languages are a major geographic and linguistic subgroup of the Bantu family spoken primarily in western Central Africa, including parts of countries such as Angola, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo.
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C.
Southern Bantu languages
Southern Bantu languages are a major branch of the Bantu language family spoken primarily in southern Africa, including well-known languages such as Zulu, Xhosa, and Shona.
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D.
Bantu H languages
Bantu H languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of Central and Southern Africa, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features within the wider Southern Bantoid family.
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E.
Bantu W languages
Bantu W languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of Central and Southern Africa, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features within the wider Niger-Congo language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Lakes Bantu languages Description of subject: The Great Lakes Bantu languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken around Africa’s Great Lakes region, including languages such as Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, and Luganda.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Great Lakes Bantu languages