Tampulma language
E267648
The Tampulma language is a Gur language spoken by the Tampulma people of northern Ghana.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tampulma language canonical | 5 |
| Tampulma-Tamprusi language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2446267 — 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: Tampulma language Context triple: [Gur languages, hasMemberLanguage, Tampulma language]
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A.
Tadaksahak language
The Tadaksahak language is a Northern Songhay language spoken primarily by the pastoralist Tadaksahak (Idaksahak) people of Mali, influenced by both Berber and Tuareg languages.
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B.
Bakumpai language
The Bakumpai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bakumpai people of central Kalimantan in Indonesia, closely related to other Dayak and Malayic languages of Borneo.
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C.
Puyuma language
The Puyuma language is an endangered Austronesian language spoken by the Puyuma Indigenous people of southeastern Taiwan.
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D.
Lamaholot language
The Lamaholot language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in eastern Flores and nearby islands in Indonesia, known for its numerous dialects and complex verbal morphology.
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E.
Kaimbulawa language
The Kaimbulawa language is an Austronesian language spoken in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, as part of the Muna–Buton subgroup.
- 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: Tampulma language Target entity description: The Tampulma language is a Gur language spoken by the Tampulma people of northern Ghana.
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A.
Tadaksahak language
The Tadaksahak language is a Northern Songhay language spoken primarily by the pastoralist Tadaksahak (Idaksahak) people of Mali, influenced by both Berber and Tuareg languages.
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B.
Bakumpai language
The Bakumpai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bakumpai people of central Kalimantan in Indonesia, closely related to other Dayak and Malayic languages of Borneo.
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C.
Puyuma language
The Puyuma language is an endangered Austronesian language spoken by the Puyuma Indigenous people of southeastern Taiwan.
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D.
Lamaholot language
The Lamaholot language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in eastern Flores and nearby islands in Indonesia, known for its numerous dialects and complex verbal morphology.
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E.
Kaimbulawa language
The Kaimbulawa language is an Austronesian language spoken in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, as part of the Muna–Buton subgroup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tampulma people ⓘ |
| family | Gur languages ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tampolma
ⓘ
Tampulensi ⓘ Tampulma-Tamprusi ⓘ Tampulma-Tamprusi language ⓘ
linked to:
Tampulma language
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | tpm ⓘ |
| isSpokenBy | Tampulma people ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Oti–Volta languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Dagbani language
ⓘ
Kusaal language ⓘ Mampruli language ⓘ Moore language ⓘ |
| region |
Northern Region of Ghana
ⓘ
Savannah ecological zone of Ghana ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Region of Ghana
|
| relatedTo |
Dagbani language
ⓘ
Kusaal language ⓘ Mampruli language ⓘ Moore language ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ghana
ⓘ
Northern Ghana ⓘ |
| status | minority language in Ghana ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Northern Gur languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Gur
|
| usedFor | everyday communication among Tampulma people ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional cultural practices of Tampulma people ⓘ |
| 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: Tampulma language Description of subject: The Tampulma language is a Gur language spoken by the Tampulma people of northern Ghana.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tampulma language