Madi language
E262317
The Madi language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Madi people in parts of South Sudan and northern Uganda.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madi language canonical | 22 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2403355 — 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: Madi language Context triple: [Central Sudanic languages, hasPart, Madi language]
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A.
Mambae language
The Mambae language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor, notable for its role in local identity and traditional culture.
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B.
Mandar language
Mandar is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Mandar people along the western coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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C.
Murle language
The Murle language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Murle people of South Sudan.
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D.
Banda-Linda language
The Banda-Linda language is a Banda language spoken by the Banda-Linda people of the Central African Republic.
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E.
Makushi language
The Makushi language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken primarily by the Makushi people in northern Brazil and southern Guyana.
- 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: Madi language Target entity description: The Madi language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Madi people in parts of South Sudan and northern Uganda.
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A.
Mambae language
The Mambae language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor, notable for its role in local identity and traditional culture.
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B.
Mandar language
Mandar is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Mandar people along the western coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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C.
Murle language
The Murle language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Murle people of South Sudan.
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D.
Banda-Linda language
The Banda-Linda language is a Banda language spoken by the Banda-Linda people of the Central African Republic.
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E.
Makushi language
The Makushi language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken primarily by the Makushi people in northern Brazil and southern Guyana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Sudanic language
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Madi (Uganda and South Sudan)
ⓘ
Ma’di ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Madi culture
ⓘ
Madi oral literature ⓘ Madi traditional religion ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Eastern Central Sudanic subgroup
ⓘ
linked to:
East Central Sudanic languages
|
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
South Sudan
ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Madi people ⓘ |
| glottocode | madi1260 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Madi ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Lokai
ⓘ
Madi of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to:
Madi of Uganda
Madi of Uganda ⓘ Moyo ⓘ Pakele ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | SVO word order ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
tone
ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasResource |
Bible translations
ⓘ
literacy materials ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
| ISO639-3 | mhi ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Central Sudanic
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
linked to:
Nilo-Saharan languages
|
| macroArea | Nile-Congo–Sudan borderlands ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Acholi language
ⓘ
Bari language ⓘ Kuku language ⓘ Lugbara language ⓘ |
| region |
Equatoria region
ⓘ
Northern Uganda ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Region, Uganda
|
| spokenBy | Madi people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
South Sudan
ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ |
| status | regional language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eastern branch of Central Sudanic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn |
community radio programs
ⓘ
local churches ⓘ |
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: Madi language Description of subject: The Madi language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Madi people in parts of South Sudan and northern Uganda.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.