Iloilo Karay-a

E675070

Karay-a dialect regional language variety

Iloilo Karay-a is a regional variety of the Karay-a language spoken primarily in the province of Iloilo in the Philippines.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Antiqueño Karay-a	1
Iloilo Karay-a canonical	1
Ilonggo Karay-a (informal)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7580001 — 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: Iloilo Karay-a
Context triple: [Karay-a language, hasDialect, Iloilo Karay-a]

A. Ayta of Sorsogon
Ayta of Sorsogon is an indigenous Philippine language spoken by the Ayta people in the province of Sorsogon in the Bicol region.
B. Pulilan
Pulilan is a municipality in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines, known for its agricultural economy and the annual Kneeling Carabao Festival honoring San Isidro Labrador.
C. Legazpi
Legazpi is a Madrid Metro station and transport hub located in the Arganzuela district of Madrid, Spain.
D. Legazpi
Legazpi is a coastal city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines known as a regional center and gateway to the iconic Mayon Volcano.
E. Batong Malake
Batong Malake is a barangay in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, known for hosting the University of the Philippines Los Baños and its surrounding student community.
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: Iloilo Karay-a
Target entity description: Iloilo Karay-a is a regional variety of the Karay-a language spoken primarily in the province of Iloilo in the Philippines.

A. Ayta of Sorsogon
Ayta of Sorsogon is an indigenous Philippine language spoken by the Ayta people in the province of Sorsogon in the Bicol region.
B. Pulilan
Pulilan is a municipality in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines, known for its agricultural economy and the annual Kneeling Carabao Festival honoring San Isidro Labrador.
C. Legazpi
Legazpi is a Madrid Metro station and transport hub located in the Arganzuela district of Madrid, Spain.
D. Legazpi
Legazpi is a coastal city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines known as a regional center and gateway to the iconic Mayon Volcano.
E. Batong Malake
Batong Malake is a barangay in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, known for hosting the University of the Philippines Los Baños and its surrounding student community.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (16)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Karay-a dialect ⓘ regional language variety ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Standard Karay-a ⓘ linked to: Karay-a
country	Philippines ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Ilonggo Karay-a (informal) ⓘ linked to: Iloilo Karay-a
hasWritingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Philippine languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Western Visayas ⓘ
primaryRegion	Iloilo Province ⓘ linked to: Iloilo province
spokenIn	Iloilo Province ⓘ linked to: Iloilo province Panay Island ⓘ Western Visayas region ⓘ linked to: Western Visayas
subdivisionOf	Karay-a language ⓘ
usedBy	Karay-a people in Iloilo ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karay-a language → hasDialect → Antiqueño Karay-a ⓘ

linked to: Iloilo Karay-a

Karay-a language → hasDialect → Iloilo Karay-a ⓘ

Iloilo Karay-a → hasAlternateName → Ilonggo Karay-a (informal) ⓘ