Gorontalo–Mongondow languages

E30020

Austronesian languages subgroup language family

The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages canonical	10
Gorontalo-Mongondow languages	1
Gorontalo–Mongondow language group	1
Gorontalo–Mongondow subgroup of Austronesian	1
Mongondow language	1
Northern Sulawesi languages	1
Tomini–Tolitoli languages	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200681 — 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: Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, Gorontalo–Mongondow languages]

A. South Sulawesi languages
South Sulawesi languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known for their significant internal diversity and historical importance in the region.
B. Celebic–South Halmahera languages
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
C. Danao languages
The Danao languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern Philippines, including languages such as Maranao, Maguindanaon, and Iranun.
D. Meso-Melanesian languages
The Meso-Melanesian languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
E. 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.
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: Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
Target entity description: The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

A. South Sulawesi languages
South Sulawesi languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known for their significant internal diversity and historical importance in the region.
B. Celebic–South Halmahera languages
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
C. Danao languages
The Danao languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern Philippines, including languages such as Maranao, Maguindanaon, and Iranun.
D. Meso-Melanesian languages
The Meso-Melanesian languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian languages subgroup ⓘ language family ⓘ
arealFeature	contact with Malay and Indonesian ⓘ contact with Minahasan languages ⓘ
arealGrouping	Northern Sulawesi languages ⓘ linked to: Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
arealMacroregion	Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
branchOf	Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Minahasan languages ⓘ other Philippine-type Austronesian languages ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
geographicDistribution	northern Sulawesi, Indonesia ⓘ linked to: North Sulawesi
glottologCode	goro1272 ⓘ
glottologReferenceName	Gorontalo-Mongondow ⓘ linked to: Gorontalo
hasMember	Atinggola language ⓘ Bintauna language ⓘ Bolango language ⓘ Gorontalo language ⓘ Kaidipang language ⓘ Mongondow language ⓘ linked to: Gorontalo–Mongondow languages Suwawa language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	affixal verb morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	typical Austronesian consonant and vowel inventories ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	focus-like voice system ⓘ
ISO639Scope	macrolinguistic grouping (no single ISO code for subgroup) ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian ⓘ linked to: Austronesian languages
linguisticClassificationLevel	subgroup ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+8 ⓘ
partOf	Philippine subgroup of Austronesian ⓘ
primaryCountry	Indonesia ⓘ
region	Northern Sulawesi ⓘ linked to: North Sulawesi Sulawesi ⓘ linked to: Celebes
researchField	Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
spokenIn	Gorontalo Province ⓘ linked to: Gorontalo North Sulawesi Province ⓘ linked to: North Sulawesi
status	regional languages of Indonesia ⓘ
subclassOf	Austronesian languages ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Philippine languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature	Austronesian alignment patterns ⓘ predominantly verb-initial word order ⓘ
usedBy	Gorontalo people ⓘ Mongondow people ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited