Tomia dialect
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The Tomia dialect is a regional variety of the Tukang Besi language spoken on Tomia Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tomia dialect canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6098892 — 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: Tomia dialect Context triple: [Tukang Besi language, hasDialect, Tomia dialect]
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A.
Kamia dialect
The Kamia dialect is a regional variety of the Ipai-Tipai language traditionally spoken by the Kamia (Kumeyaay) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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B.
Nochiya dialect
The Nochiya dialect is a regional variety of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic traditionally spoken by Assyrian communities from the Nochiya area in southeastern Turkey.
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C.
Kikai dialect
The Kikai dialect is a regional variety of the Amami language spoken on Kikai Island in Japan’s Ryukyu archipelago.
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D.
Kuroshima dialect
The Kuroshima dialect is a local variety of the Yaeyama language spoken on Kuroshima Island in Okinawa, Japan, reflecting the island’s distinct Ryukyuan linguistic and cultural heritage.
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E.
Gaika dialect
The Gaika dialect is a regional variety of the Xhosa language traditionally associated with the amaGqika subgroup in South Africa.
- 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: Tomia dialect Target entity description: The Tomia dialect is a regional variety of the Tukang Besi language spoken on Tomia Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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A.
Kamia dialect
The Kamia dialect is a regional variety of the Ipai-Tipai language traditionally spoken by the Kamia (Kumeyaay) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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B.
Nochiya dialect
The Nochiya dialect is a regional variety of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic traditionally spoken by Assyrian communities from the Nochiya area in southeastern Turkey.
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C.
Kikai dialect
The Kikai dialect is a regional variety of the Amami language spoken on Kikai Island in Japan’s Ryukyu archipelago.
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D.
Kuroshima dialect
The Kuroshima dialect is a local variety of the Yaeyama language spoken on Kuroshima Island in Okinawa, Japan, reflecting the island’s distinct Ryukyuan linguistic and cultural heritage.
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E.
Gaika dialect
The Gaika dialect is a regional variety of the Xhosa language traditionally associated with the amaGqika subgroup in South Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
regional variety of language ⓘ |
| belongsToDialectGroup | Tukang Besi dialect continuum ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | potentially vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Tomia variety of Tukang Besi ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | verb–initial (like Tukang Besi) ⓘ |
| hasGrammarSimilarTo | other Tukang Besi dialects ⓘ |
| hasISO639ParentCode | khc ⓘ |
| hasLanguageAncestor |
Proto-Austronesian language
ⓘ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologySimilarTo | other Tukang Besi dialects ⓘ |
| hasTypology | predominantly head-marking ⓘ |
| isSpokenOralTradition | yes ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| locatedInWaterbody | Flores Sea ⓘ |
| parentLanguageGlottocode | tuka1249 ⓘ |
| partOf | Tukang Besi language ⓘ |
| region | Wakatobi Islands ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Southeast Sulawesi ⓘ Tomia Island ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| usedBy | inhabitants of Tomia Island ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tomia dialect Description of subject: The Tomia dialect is a regional variety of the Tukang Besi language spoken on Tomia Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.