Nupoid languages
E337060
Nupoid languages are a subgroup of the Volta–Niger branch of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in central Nigeria, including the Nupe language and its close relatives.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nupoid languages canonical | 12 |
| Shama language (Nupoid) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3229822 — 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: Nupoid languages Context triple: [Nupe people, languageFamily, Nupoid languages]
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A.
Idomoid languages
Idomoid languages are a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria, notably including Idoma and its varieties.
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B.
Defoid languages
Defoid languages are a subgroup of the Benue–Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family, including Yoruba and related languages spoken primarily in West Africa.
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C.
Tupian languages
The Tupian languages are a major indigenous language family of South America, historically widespread across the Amazon and surrounding regions and including well-known languages such as Guarani and Tupi.
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D.
Bantoid languages
The Bantoid languages are a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family that includes the widespread Bantu languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
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E.
Maipurean languages
The Maipurean languages are a major branch of the Arawakan language family, historically spoken across large areas of northern South America and the Caribbean.
- 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: Nupoid languages Target entity description: Nupoid languages are a subgroup of the Volta–Niger branch of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in central Nigeria, including the Nupe language and its close relatives.
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A.
Idomoid languages
Idomoid languages are a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria, notably including Idoma and its varieties.
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B.
Defoid languages
Defoid languages are a subgroup of the Benue–Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family, including Yoruba and related languages spoken primarily in West Africa.
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C.
Tupian languages
The Tupian languages are a major indigenous language family of South America, historically widespread across the Amazon and surrounding regions and including well-known languages such as Guarani and Tupi.
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D.
Bantoid languages
The Bantoid languages are a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family that includes the widespread Bantu languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
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E.
Maipurean languages
The Maipurean languages are a major branch of the Arawakan language family, historically spoken across large areas of northern South America and the Caribbean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: Nupoid languages Description of subject: Nupoid languages are a subgroup of the Volta–Niger branch of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in central Nigeria, including the Nupe language and its close relatives.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nupoid languages
subject linked to:
Gbari
subject linked to:
Gbari
subject linked to:
East Kwa (in some older classifications)