Bidayuh language
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The Bidayuh language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bidayuh people of western Borneo, particularly in the Malaysian state of Sarawak and parts of Indonesian Kalimantan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bidayuh language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5575443 — 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: Bidayuh language Context triple: [Bornean languages, includesLanguage, Bidayuh language]
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A.
Kedayan language
The Kedayan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kedayan people of Brunei, Sabah, and parts of Borneo, closely related to Malay and other Greater North Borneo languages.
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B.
Bima language
Bima language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its distinct grammar and vocabulary within the region.
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C.
Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
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D.
Bajawa language
The Bajawa language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the central highlands of Flores Island in Indonesia, known for its complex verbal morphology and distinctive phonology.
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E.
Uduk language
The Uduk language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by the Uduk people of eastern Sudan and western Ethiopia.
- 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: Bidayuh language Target entity description: The Bidayuh language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bidayuh people of western Borneo, particularly in the Malaysian state of Sarawak and parts of Indonesian Kalimantan.
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A.
Kedayan language
The Kedayan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kedayan people of Brunei, Sabah, and parts of Borneo, closely related to Malay and other Greater North Borneo languages.
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B.
Bima language
Bima language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its distinct grammar and vocabulary within the region.
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C.
Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
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D.
Bajawa language
The Bajawa language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the central highlands of Flores Island in Indonesia, known for its complex verbal morphology and distinctive phonology.
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E.
Uduk language
The Uduk language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by the Uduk people of eastern Sudan and western Ethiopia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| country |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bidayuh ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Land Dayak language ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasCommunityEffort | language preservation programs in Sarawak ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Bau-Jagoi Bidayuh
ⓘ
linked to:
Tringgus-Sembaan Bidayuh
Biatah Bidayuh ⓘ Bukar-Sadong Bidayuh ⓘ Taraang Bidayuh ⓘ Tringgus-Sembaan Bidayuh ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
folklore
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ rituals ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | bida1251 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | sne ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticRelation |
related to Iban
ⓘ
related to Malay ⓘ related to other Land Dayak languages ⓘ |
| hasMedia | local radio broadcasts in Sarawak ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationSupport | Bidayuh community associations in Sarawak ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone in some dialects
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasReligionAssociated |
Christianity among many speakers
ⓘ
traditional Bidayuh beliefs ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional language ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
| isMinorityLanguageIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Borneo linguistic area ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | some primary schools in Sarawak ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| region |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Bidayuh people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Borneo
ⓘ
Indonesian Kalimantan ⓘ
linked to:
Kalimantan
Malaysian state of Sarawak ⓘ
linked to:
Sarawak
Sarawak ⓘ western Borneo ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication within Bidayuh communities ⓘ |
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: Bidayuh language Description of subject: The Bidayuh language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bidayuh people of western Borneo, particularly in the Malaysian state of Sarawak and parts of Indonesian Kalimantan.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.