Keliko language
E262850
The Keliko language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Keliko people of South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Keliko language canonical | 7 |
| Ethnologue: kkl | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2403367 — 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: Keliko language Context triple: [Central Sudanic languages, hasPart, Keliko 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.
Kioko language
The Kioko language is an Austronesian language of the Muna–Buton subgroup spoken by a small community in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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C.
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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D.
Kamviri language
The Kamviri language is a Nuristani language spoken primarily by the Kam people in parts of eastern Afghanistan and neighboring regions of Pakistan.
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E.
Patamona language
The Patamona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Patamona people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana and northern Brazil.
- 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: Keliko language Target entity description: The Keliko language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Keliko people of South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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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.
Kioko language
The Kioko language is an Austronesian language of the Muna–Buton subgroup spoken by a small community in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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C.
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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D.
Kamviri language
The Kamviri language is a Nuristani language spoken primarily by the Kam people in parts of eastern Afghanistan and neighboring regions of Pakistan.
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E.
Patamona language
The Patamona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Patamona people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana and northern Brazil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Sudanic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Keliko people ⓘ |
| family |
Central Sudanic
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Sudanic languages
Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
linked to:
Nilo-Saharan languages
|
| glottologCode | keli1239 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Keliko ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kaliko
ⓘ
Kaliko-Mori ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | SVO word order ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers | Keliko people ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | kel ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Moru–Madi branch of Central Sudanic ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Lugbara language
ⓘ
Madi language ⓘ Moru language ⓘ |
| region |
Central Equatoria
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Equatoria State
Yei River State ⓘ northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to:
Ituri Province
|
| spokenIn |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Moru–Madi language
ⓘ
linked to:
Moru–Madi languages
|
| usedBy | Keliko community ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
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: Keliko language Description of subject: The Keliko language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Keliko people of South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Keliko language