Nupe language
E67712
The Nupe language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Nupe people in central Nigeria, especially in the Middle Belt region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nupe language canonical | 16 |
| Nupe Tako dialect | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T537913 — 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: Nupe language Context triple: [Middle Belt, languageDiversityIncludes, Nupe language]
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A.
Ndyuka language
The Ndyuka language is an English-based creole spoken primarily by the Ndyuka Maroon community in Suriname and French Guiana.
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B.
Yola language
The Yola language was an extinct West Germanic language once spoken in County Wexford, Ireland, that preserved many archaic features derived from early English settlers.
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C.
Hadza language
The Hadza language is an isolate spoken by the Hadza people of northern Tanzania, notable for its extensive use of click consonants and lack of clear genetic affiliation to other language families.
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D.
Ipai language
The Ipai language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Ipai) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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E.
Nuer language
Nuer language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Nuer people of South 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: Nupe language Target entity description: The Nupe language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Nupe people in central Nigeria, especially in the Middle Belt region.
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A.
Ndyuka language
The Ndyuka language is an English-based creole spoken primarily by the Ndyuka Maroon community in Suriname and French Guiana.
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B.
Yola language
The Yola language was an extinct West Germanic language once spoken in County Wexford, Ireland, that preserved many archaic features derived from early English settlers.
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C.
Hadza language
The Hadza language is an isolate spoken by the Hadza people of northern Tanzania, notable for its extensive use of click consonants and lack of clear genetic affiliation to other language families.
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D.
Ipai language
The Ipai language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Ipai) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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E.
Nuer language
Nuer language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Nuer people of South Sudan and western Ethiopia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger-Congo language
ⓘ
language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Nupe
ⓘ
Nupe proper ⓘ Nupe-Nupe ⓘ
linked to:
Nupe
|
| associatedWith | Nupe Kingdom ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Nupe people ⓘ |
| glottocode | nupe1254 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Nupe Bassa Nge variety
ⓘ
linked to:
Nupe
Nupe Egan dialect ⓘ Nupe Gbedegi dialect ⓘ Nupe Kede dialect ⓘ Nupe Tako dialect ⓘ
linked to:
Nupe language
Nupe central dialect ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | true ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | nup ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic–Congo languages
Benue–Congo ⓘ
linked to:
Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo ⓘ
linked to:
Niger–Congo languages
Nupoid ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
SVO word order
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Ebira language
ⓘ
linked to:
Logba language
Gbagyi language ⓘ Hausa language ⓘ
linked to:
Hausa
Yoruba language ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Kogi State
ⓘ
Kwara State ⓘ Niger State ⓘ |
| region |
Middle Belt Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Belt
Niger River valley in Nigeria ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Middle Belt region of Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
North Central Nigeria
Nigeria ⓘ central Nigeria ⓘ
linked to:
Central Nigeria
|
| status | regional language in Nigeria ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Atlantic–Congo languages
ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ Nupoid languages ⓘ |
| usedBy | Nupe people ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Nupe radio broadcasting
ⓘ
local administration in Nupe areas ⓘ traditional Nupe literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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: Nupe language Description of subject: The Nupe language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Nupe people in central Nigeria, especially in the Middle Belt region.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nupe language