Kra languages
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Kra languages are a branch of the Tai–Kadai language family spoken by various ethnic groups in southern China and neighboring regions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kra languages canonical | 7 |
| Kadai languages | 1 |
| Kra branch of Tai–Kadai | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2356907 — 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: Kra languages Context triple: [Tai–Kadai languages, hasSubfamily, Kra languages]
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A.
Khoe languages
Khoe languages are a branch of southern African languages spoken mainly by Khoe peoples, known for their use of click consonants and distinct grammatical structures.
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B.
Chamic languages
The Chamic languages are a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in mainland Southeast Asia and parts of Indonesia, notable for heavy contact influence from neighboring Austroasiatic and Tai-Kadai languages.
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C.
Kunama languages
The Kunama languages are a small group of closely related languages spoken primarily by the Kunama people of western Eritrea and adjacent regions of Ethiopia.
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D.
Mahakam languages
The Mahakam languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken along the Mahakam River region of Borneo, forming a distinct branch within the broader Barito language family.
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E.
Wintuan languages
Wintuan languages are a small family of Native American languages historically spoken in northern California, often grouped within the proposed Penutian phylum.
- 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: Kra languages Target entity description: Kra languages are a branch of the Tai–Kadai language family spoken by various ethnic groups in southern China and neighboring regions.
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A.
Khoe languages
Khoe languages are a branch of southern African languages spoken mainly by Khoe peoples, known for their use of click consonants and distinct grammatical structures.
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B.
Chamic languages
The Chamic languages are a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in mainland Southeast Asia and parts of Indonesia, notable for heavy contact influence from neighboring Austroasiatic and Tai-Kadai languages.
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C.
Kunama languages
The Kunama languages are a small group of closely related languages spoken primarily by the Kunama people of western Eritrea and adjacent regions of Ethiopia.
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D.
Mahakam languages
The Mahakam languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken along the Mahakam River region of Borneo, forming a distinct branch within the broader Barito language family.
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E.
Wintuan languages
Wintuan languages are a small family of Native American languages historically spoken in northern California, often grouped within the proposed Penutian phylum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language branch
ⓘ
language family subgroup ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Geyang languages
ⓘ
Kadai languages ⓘ
linked to:
Kra languages
|
| arealFeature |
Southeast Asia
ⓘ
Southwest China ⓘ |
| contactWith |
Hmong–Mien languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Hmong-Mien
Sinitic languages ⓘ Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
border areas of Laos
ⓘ
northern Vietnam ⓘ southern China ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Buyang language
ⓘ
Gelao language ⓘ Lachi language ⓘ Laha language ⓘ Paha language ⓘ Pubiao language ⓘ Qabiao language ⓘ |
| historicalHomeland | Guizhou–Guangxi–Yunnan border region ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Tai–Kadai
ⓘ
linked to:
Tai–Kadai languages
|
| memberOf |
Tai–Kadai language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Tai–Kadai languages
|
| populationTrend | declining number of speakers ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hlai languages
ⓘ
Kam–Sui languages ⓘ Tai languages ⓘ |
| researchField | comparative Tai–Kadai linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Buyang people
ⓘ
Gelao people ⓘ Lachi people ⓘ Liangmai-related Kra-speaking groups ⓘ Pubiao people ⓘ
linked to:
Qabiao people
Qabiao people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to:
Guangxi Province
Guizhou Province ⓘ Laos ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
Yunnan Province ⓘ |
| status |
endangered
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| studiedBy | linguists ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO word order
ⓘ
analytic morphology ⓘ tonal languages ⓘ |
| writingSystem | primarily unwritten ⓘ |
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: Kra languages Description of subject: Kra languages are a branch of the Tai–Kadai language family spoken by various ethnic groups in southern China and neighboring regions.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kra languages
linked to: Kra languages