Osing language
E402791
The Osing language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Osing people in eastern Java, Indonesia, distinguished by features that set it apart from standard Javanese.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Osing language canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3966356 — 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: Osing language Context triple: [Proto-Javanese, hasDescendant, Osing language]
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A.
Semai language
The Semai language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Semai people, an indigenous Orang Asli group in Peninsular Malaysia.
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B.
Kavalan language
The Kavalan language is an endangered Austronesian language of the indigenous Kavalan people of northeastern Taiwan.
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C.
Isnag language
The Isnag language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Isnag people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
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D.
Opata language
The Opata language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico, particularly in the present-day state of Sonora.
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E.
Tyap language
Tyap language is a Plateau language of the Niger-Congo family spoken predominantly by the Atyap people in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria.
- 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: Osing language Target entity description: The Osing language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Osing people in eastern Java, Indonesia, distinguished by features that set it apart from standard Javanese.
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A.
Semai language
The Semai language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Semai people, an indigenous Orang Asli group in Peninsular Malaysia.
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B.
Kavalan language
The Kavalan language is an endangered Austronesian language of the indigenous Kavalan people of northeastern Taiwan.
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C.
Isnag language
The Isnag language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Isnag people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
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D.
Opata language
The Opata language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico, particularly in the present-day state of Sonora.
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E.
Tyap language
Tyap language is a Plateau language of the Niger-Congo family spoken predominantly by the Atyap people in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Balinese language
ⓘ
Javanese language ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Indonesian language
ⓘ
linked to:
Indonesian
Standard Javanese ⓘ
linked to:
Modern Javanese
|
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Osing people ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
around Banyuwangi city
ⓘ
eastern tip of Java ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Banyuwangi language
ⓘ
Basa Osing ⓘ Osing ⓘ Using ⓘ Using language ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Old Javanese
ⓘ
linked to:
Kawi (Old Javanese)
|
| hasGlottocode | osin1234 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Osing ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Balinese language
ⓘ
Indonesian language ⓘ Javanese language ⓘ
linked to:
Javanese
|
| hasLinguisticTypology | SVO word order ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
influences from Balinese
ⓘ
influences from Javanese ⓘ |
| hasRegister |
formal speech
ⓘ
informal speech ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | regional minority language in Indonesia ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | osi ⓘ |
| isPartOf | culture of the Osing people ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Javanic languages ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+7 ⓘ |
| region |
Banyuwangi Regency
ⓘ
linked to:
Banyuwangi
East Java ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Osing people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Java ⓘ eastern Java ⓘ
linked to:
East Java
|
| subclassOf | Javanic language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
folklore ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| usedIn | Banyuwangi traditional arts ⓘ |
| 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: Osing language Description of subject: The Osing language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Osing people in eastern Java, Indonesia, distinguished by features that set it apart from standard Javanese.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.