Koshali language
E235099
Koshali language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the western regions of the Indian state of Odisha.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kosali (in some local usage) | 1 |
| Koshali language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2107582 — 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: Koshali language Context triple: [Odia script, usedFor, Koshali language]
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A.
Kayeli language
The Kayeli language is an Austronesian language once spoken on Buru Island in Indonesia, now critically endangered or possibly extinct.
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B.
Kharia language
Kharia language is a Munda language spoken primarily by the Kharia people in eastern India, especially in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.
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C.
Lasalimu language
The Lasalimu language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community on Buton Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Lakalai language
The Lakalai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Lakalai people of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
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E.
Kokota language
The Kokota language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kokota people of Santa Isabel Island in the Solomon Islands.
- 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: Koshali language Target entity description: Koshali language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the western regions of the Indian state of Odisha.
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A.
Kayeli language
The Kayeli language is an Austronesian language once spoken on Buru Island in Indonesia, now critically endangered or possibly extinct.
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B.
Kharia language
Kharia language is a Munda language spoken primarily by the Kharia people in eastern India, especially in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.
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C.
Lasalimu language
The Lasalimu language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community on Buton Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Lakalai language
The Lakalai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Lakalai people of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
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E.
Kokota language
The Kokota language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kokota people of Santa Isabel Island in the Solomon Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kosali
ⓘ
Sambalpuri ⓘ Sambalpuri–Kosali ⓘ Western Odia (contested) ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Balangiri dialect
ⓘ
Bargarhi dialect ⓘ Kalahandia dialect ⓘ Rath dialect ⓘ Sambalpuri dialect ⓘ Sonepuri dialect ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | samb1310 ⓘ |
| hasISOStatus | no individual ISO 639-3 code (often grouped under Odia) ⓘ |
| hasRecognitionStatus | demanded to be recognized as a separate language from Odia ⓘ |
| hasScriptUsageContext |
Devanagari script used in some publications and informal writing
ⓘ
Odia script used in administration and education ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Koshali people
ⓘ
linked to:
Magahi people
|
| hasSpeakerEstimate | several million speakers in western Odisha and adjoining areas ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Devanagari script
ⓘ
Odia script ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarityWith |
Chhattisgarhi language
ⓘ
linked to:
Chhattisgarhi
Hindi language ⓘ
linked to:
Hindi
Odia language ⓘ
linked to:
Odia
|
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| region |
Balangir
ⓘ
Bargarh ⓘ Boudh ⓘ Jharsuguda ⓘ Sambalpur ⓘ Sonepur (Subarnapur) ⓘ parts of Deogarh ⓘ parts of Kalahandi ⓘ parts of Nuapada ⓘ parts of Sundargarh ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chhattisgarh
ⓘ
India ⓘ Jharkhand ⓘ Odisha ⓘ
linked to:
Orissa
neighboring parts of Odisha border states ⓘ western Odisha ⓘ
linked to:
Odisha (parts)
|
| subfamilyOf | Eastern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cinema
ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ local newspapers and magazines ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
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: Koshali language Description of subject: Koshali language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the western regions of the Indian state of Odisha.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Koshali language