Sumatran languages
E551304
Sumatran languages are a diverse group of Austronesian languages spoken on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and its surrounding regions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages | 5 |
| Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands language | 1 |
| Sumatran languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5810517 — 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: Sumatran languages Context triple: [Pakpak Dairi language, hasLinguisticArea, Sumatran languages]
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A.
Sulawesi languages
The Sulawesi languages are a diverse group of Austronesian languages spoken on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known for their complex typological variation and significant internal linguistic diversity.
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B.
Bidayuhic languages
The Bidayuhic languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Bidayuh people in western Borneo, especially in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
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C.
Alor–Pantar languages
The Alor–Pantar languages are a group of non-Austronesian (Papuan) languages spoken primarily on the Alor and Pantar islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex morphology and typological diversity.
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D.
Timor–Babar languages
The Timor–Babar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Timor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex phonologies and diverse grammatical structures.
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E.
Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
- 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: Sumatran languages Target entity description: Sumatran languages are a diverse group of Austronesian languages spoken on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and its surrounding regions.
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A.
Sulawesi languages
The Sulawesi languages are a diverse group of Austronesian languages spoken on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known for their complex typological variation and significant internal linguistic diversity.
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B.
Bidayuhic languages
The Bidayuhic languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Bidayuh people in western Borneo, especially in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
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C.
Alor–Pantar languages
The Alor–Pantar languages are a group of non-Austronesian (Papuan) languages spoken primarily on the Alor and Pantar islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex morphology and typological diversity.
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D.
Timor–Babar languages
The Timor–Babar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Timor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex phonologies and diverse grammatical structures.
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E.
Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
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: Sumatran languages Description of subject: Sumatran languages are a diverse group of Austronesian languages spoken on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and its surrounding regions.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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