Cirebon Javanese
E405473
Cirebon Javanese is a regional variety of the Javanese language spoken around Cirebon on Java’s north coast, characterized by its distinct phonology and vocabulary influenced by Sundanese and coastal trading cultures.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cirebon Javanese canonical | 4 |
| Cirebonese language | 2 |
| Basa Jawa Cirebon | 1 |
| Cirebon Sundanese | 1 |
| Cirebonan Javanese | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3966358 — 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: Cirebon Javanese Context triple: [Proto-Javanese, hasDescendant, Cirebon Javanese]
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A.
Banyumasan Javanese
Banyumasan Javanese is a regional variety of the Javanese language spoken in the western part of Central Java, Indonesia, known for its distinct phonology, vocabulary, and more conservative linguistic features compared to standard Javanese.
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B.
Middle Javanese
Middle Javanese is a historical stage of the Javanese language that developed after Old Javanese and served as a key literary and cultural medium in Java during the late medieval period.
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C.
Banten Javanese
Banten Javanese is a regional variety of the Javanese language spoken primarily in the Banten province of western Java, Indonesia, characterized by its distinct phonological and lexical features.
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D.
Javanese
The Javanese are the largest ethnic group in Indonesia, primarily inhabiting the island of Java and known for their rich cultural traditions, language, and influence on Indonesian politics and arts.
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E.
Eastern Javanese
Eastern Javanese is a major regional variety of the Javanese language spoken primarily in the eastern part of Java, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features compared to other Javanese dialects.
- 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: Cirebon Javanese Target entity description: Cirebon Javanese is a regional variety of the Javanese language spoken around Cirebon on Java’s north coast, characterized by its distinct phonology and vocabulary influenced by Sundanese and coastal trading cultures.
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A.
Banyumasan Javanese
Banyumasan Javanese is a regional variety of the Javanese language spoken in the western part of Central Java, Indonesia, known for its distinct phonology, vocabulary, and more conservative linguistic features compared to standard Javanese.
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B.
Middle Javanese
Middle Javanese is a historical stage of the Javanese language that developed after Old Javanese and served as a key literary and cultural medium in Java during the late medieval period.
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C.
Banten Javanese
Banten Javanese is a regional variety of the Javanese language spoken primarily in the Banten province of western Java, Indonesia, characterized by its distinct phonological and lexical features.
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D.
Javanese
The Javanese are the largest ethnic group in Indonesia, primarily inhabiting the island of Java and known for their rich cultural traditions, language, and influence on Indonesian politics and arts.
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E.
Eastern Javanese
Eastern Javanese is a major regional variety of the Javanese language spoken primarily in the eastern part of Java, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features compared to other Javanese dialects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Javanese dialect
ⓘ
language variety ⓘ regional variety of the Javanese language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cirebon culture
ⓘ
north-coast Javanese trade networks ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Central Javanese
ⓘ
Eastern Javanese ⓘ |
| culturallyUsedIn |
local performing arts
ⓘ
oral traditions in Cirebon region ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
standard Javanese in pronunciation
ⓘ
standard Javanese in vocabulary ⓘ |
| geographicallyAdjacentTo | Sundanese-speaking areas ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Basa Jawa Cirebon
ⓘ
linked to:
Cirebon Javanese
Cirebonan Javanese ⓘ
linked to:
Cirebon Javanese
|
| hasCharacteristic |
distinct phonology
ⓘ
distinct vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasContactWith |
Cirebon Sundanese
ⓘ
linked to:
Cirebon Javanese
|
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom |
Malay
ⓘ
Sundanese ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | distinct vowel realizations compared to standard Javanese ⓘ |
| hasRegisterSystem | Javanese speech levels (undha-usuk basa) ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | regional dialect of Javanese ⓘ |
| historicallyDevelopedIn | port city of Cirebon ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Sundanese language
ⓘ
coastal trading cultures ⓘ maritime trade contacts ⓘ |
| isSpokenAlongside |
Cirebon Sundanese
ⓘ
Indonesian language ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Javanese languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Javanic languages
|
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Javanese language ⓘ |
| regionallyAssociatedWith | Cirebon Sultanate historical area ⓘ |
| sharesFeaturesWith | coastal Javanese varieties ⓘ |
| spokenBy | bilingual speakers of Javanese and Sundanese in Cirebon region ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cirebon
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ West Java ⓘ north coast of Java ⓘ |
| usedBy | Javanese communities in and around Cirebon ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday communication
ⓘ
local cultural practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Javanese script
ⓘ
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: Cirebon Javanese Description of subject: Cirebon Javanese is a regional variety of the Javanese language spoken around Cirebon on Java’s north coast, characterized by its distinct phonology and vocabulary influenced by Sundanese and coastal trading cultures.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cirebon Javanese
linked to: Cirebon Javanese
linked to: Cirebon Javanese
linked to: Cirebon Javanese
linked to: Cirebon Javanese