Kenyah languages
E528639
The Kenyah languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Kenyah people of Borneo, especially in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kenyah languages canonical | 6 |
| Kenyah language | 2 |
| Kalis-Kenyah language | 1 |
| Kenyah Lepo Ma’ut language | 1 |
| Kenyahic languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5575426 — 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: Kenyah languages Context triple: [Bornean languages, hasSubgroup, Kenyah languages]
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A.
Kunama languages
The Kunama languages are a small group of closely related languages spoken primarily by the Kunama people of western Eritrea and adjacent regions of Ethiopia.
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B.
Kanak languages
The Kanak languages are a diverse group of indigenous Austronesian languages spoken by the Kanak people of New Caledonia.
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C.
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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D.
Mahakam languages
The Mahakam languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken along the Mahakam River region of Borneo, forming a distinct branch within the broader Barito language family.
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E.
Mbum languages
The Mbum languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in parts of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and Chad.
- 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: Kenyah languages Target entity description: The Kenyah languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Kenyah people of Borneo, especially in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
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A.
Kunama languages
The Kunama languages are a small group of closely related languages spoken primarily by the Kunama people of western Eritrea and adjacent regions of Ethiopia.
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B.
Kanak languages
The Kanak languages are a diverse group of indigenous Austronesian languages spoken by the Kanak people of New Caledonia.
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C.
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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D.
Mahakam languages
The Mahakam languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken along the Mahakam River region of Borneo, forming a distinct branch within the broader Barito language family.
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E.
Mbum languages
The Mbum languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in parts of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and Chad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
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: Kenyah languages Description of subject: The Kenyah languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Kenyah people of Borneo, especially in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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