Kasem language
E267646
Kasem is a Gur language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily in parts of Burkina Faso and Ghana.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kasem language canonical | 6 |
| Kassena language | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2446265 — 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: Kasem language Context triple: [Gur languages, hasMemberLanguage, Kasem language]
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A.
Kumzari language
The Kumzari language is an endangered Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Kumzari people in the Musandam Peninsula of Oman.
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B.
Khwarshi language
The Khwarshi language is a Northeast Caucasian (Nakh-Daghestanian) language spoken by a small ethnic group in Dagestan, Russia, known for its complex phonology and rich case system.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Kam language
Kam is a Tai–Kadai language spoken primarily by the Kam (Dong) people of southern China, known for its rich tonal system and distinct northern and southern dialects.
- 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: Kasem language Target entity description: Kasem is a Gur language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily in parts of Burkina Faso and Ghana.
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A.
Kumzari language
The Kumzari language is an endangered Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Kumzari people in the Musandam Peninsula of Oman.
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B.
Khwarshi language
The Khwarshi language is a Northeast Caucasian (Nakh-Daghestanian) language spoken by a small ethnic group in Dagestan, Russia, known for its complex phonology and rich case system.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Kam language
Kam is a Tai–Kadai language spoken primarily by the Kam (Dong) people of southern China, known for its rich tonal system and distinct northern and southern dialects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur language
ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kasena
ⓘ
Kassem ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Farefare language
ⓘ
Moore language ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Burkina Faso
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kasena people ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Gur
ⓘ
Proto-Niger-Congo ⓘ
linked to:
Proto-Niger–Congo
|
| hasDialects |
regional varieties in Burkina Faso
ⓘ
regional varieties in Ghana ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | xsm ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Central Gur ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Gur languages
ⓘ
Niger-Congo language family ⓘ
linked to:
Niger–Congo languages
|
| linguisticTypology |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ |
| subfamily | Oti–Volta languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian religious practice in some communities
ⓘ
local education in some areas ⓘ |
| 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: Kasem language Description of subject: Kasem is a Gur language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily in parts of Burkina Faso and Ghana.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kasem language
linked to: Kasem language
linked to: Kasem language
linked to: Kasem language