Celebic languages
E25746
Celebic languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and nearby regions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Celebic languages canonical | 61 |
| Celebic languages (in some classifications) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200640 — 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: Celebic languages Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, Celebic languages]
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A.
Nuristani languages
Nuristani languages are a small, distinct group of Indo-Iranian languages spoken primarily in the remote Nuristan region of eastern Afghanistan.
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B.
Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
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C.
Latino-Faliscan languages
Latino-Faliscan languages are a branch of the Italic language family that includes Latin and its closely related ancient languages spoken in central Italy.
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D.
Osco-Umbrian languages
The Osco-Umbrian languages are an extinct branch of ancient Italic languages once spoken in central and southern Italy, including Oscan and Umbrian.
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E.
Utian languages
The Utian languages are a small group of Native American languages once spoken in central California, traditionally including the Miwok and Costanoan (Ohlone) language branches.
- 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: Celebic languages Target entity description: Celebic languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and nearby regions.
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A.
Nuristani languages
Nuristani languages are a small, distinct group of Indo-Iranian languages spoken primarily in the remote Nuristan region of eastern Afghanistan.
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B.
Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
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C.
Latino-Faliscan languages
Latino-Faliscan languages are a branch of the Italic language family that includes Latin and its closely related ancient languages spoken in central Italy.
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D.
Osco-Umbrian languages
The Osco-Umbrian languages are an extinct branch of ancient Italic languages once spoken in central and southern Italy, including Oscan and Umbrian.
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E.
Utian languages
The Utian languages are a small group of Native American languages once spoken in central California, traditionally including the Miwok and Costanoan (Ohlone) language branches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| areClassifiedBy | comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| areDocumentedIn | descriptive grammars of Sulawesi languages ⓘ |
| areImportantFor |
historical linguistics of Indonesia
ⓘ
reconstruction of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy | ethnic groups of Sulawesi ⓘ |
| areStudiedIn | Austronesian linguistics ⓘ |
| familyColor |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| geographicDistribution |
island of Sulawesi
ⓘ
offshore islands near Sulawesi ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bada language
ⓘ
Banggai language ⓘ Bungku language ⓘ Butonese language ⓘ Kaili language ⓘ Laiyolo language ⓘ Mori Atas language ⓘ Muna language ⓘ
linked to:
Muna–Buton languages
Pamona language ⓘ Saluan language ⓘ Tolaki language ⓘ Tukang Besi language ⓘ Uma language ⓘ Wolio language ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Badaic languages
ⓘ
Bungku–Tolaki languages ⓘ Kaili–Pamona languages ⓘ
linked to:
Muna–Buton languages
Laiyolo–Kaili languages ⓘ Mori Atas languages ⓘ Muna–Buton languages ⓘ Saluan–Banggai languages ⓘ
linked to:
Banggai language
Tomini–Tolitoli languages ⓘ
linked to:
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
Tukang Besi–Bonerate languages ⓘ Uma–Bada languages ⓘ
linked to:
Muna–Buton languages
Wotu–Wolio languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| region | Central Indonesia ⓘ |
| shareFeature |
Austronesian alignment patterns (in some members)
ⓘ
complex voice systems (in several members) ⓘ rich verbal morphology (in many members) ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central Sulawesi
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ North Sulawesi ⓘ South Sulawesi ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Southeast Sulawesi ⓘ Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes
nearby islands of Sulawesi ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Austronesian language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
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: Celebic languages Description of subject: Celebic languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and nearby regions.
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Celebic languages