Danao languages
E29845
The Danao languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern Philippines, including languages such as Maranao, Maguindanaon, and Iranun.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Danao languages canonical | 8 |
| Capiznon language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200680 — 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: Danao languages Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, Danao languages]
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A.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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B.
Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
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C.
Philippine–Cordilleran languages
The Philippine–Cordilleran languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in the northern Philippines, encompassing numerous indigenous languages of the Cordillera region and surrounding areas.
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D.
Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
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E.
Ryukyuan languages
The Ryukyuan languages are a group of closely related but distinct Japonic languages traditionally spoken in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, many of which are now endangered.
- 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: Danao languages Target entity description: The Danao languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern Philippines, including languages such as Maranao, Maguindanaon, and Iranun.
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A.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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B.
Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
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C.
Philippine–Cordilleran languages
The Philippine–Cordilleran languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in the northern Philippines, encompassing numerous indigenous languages of the Cordillera region and surrounding areas.
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D.
Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
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E.
Ryukyuan languages
The Ryukyuan languages are a group of closely related but distinct Japonic languages traditionally spoken in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, many of which are now endangered.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language subgroup
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Danao group
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Danao subgroup ⓘ |
| branchOf | Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
central Mindanao
ⓘ
coastal areas of Mindanao ⓘ western Mindanao ⓘ |
| glottologCode | dana1254 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Iranun language
ⓘ
Maguindanaon language ⓘ Maranao language ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| majorLanguage |
Iranun language
ⓘ
Maguindanaon language ⓘ Maranao language ⓘ |
| primaryCountries | Philippines ⓘ |
| region | Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Central Philippine languages
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Manobo languages ⓘ Subanen languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mindanao
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Philippines ⓘ southern Philippines ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Philippine languages ⓘ |
| typology |
Austronesian alignment
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verb–initial word order ⓘ |
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: Danao languages Description of subject: The Danao languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern Philippines, including languages such as Maranao, Maguindanaon, and Iranun.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Danao languages