Ngada language
E682543
The Ngada language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ngada people in central Flores, Indonesia, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich oral tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ngada language canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7713292 — 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: Ngada language Context triple: [Lio language, hasNeighboringLanguage, Ngada language]
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A.
Kalanga language
The Kalanga language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Kalanga people in parts of Botswana and southwestern Zimbabwe.
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B.
Banda-Ndélé language
The Banda-Ndélé language is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Banda people, primarily in the Central African Republic.
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C.
Sanglechi language
The Sanglechi language is an Eastern Iranian language spoken by a small community in the Sanglech Valley region of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
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D.
Zande language
The Zande language is a Central African language spoken primarily by the Azande people across parts of South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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E.
Murle language
The Murle language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Murle people of South Sudan.
- 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: Ngada language Target entity description: The Ngada language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ngada people in central Flores, Indonesia, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich oral tradition.
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A.
Kalanga language
The Kalanga language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Kalanga people in parts of Botswana and southwestern Zimbabwe.
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B.
Banda-Ndélé language
The Banda-Ndélé language is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Banda people, primarily in the Central African Republic.
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C.
Sanglechi language
The Sanglechi language is an Eastern Iranian language spoken by a small community in the Sanglech Valley region of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
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D.
Zande language
The Zande language is a Central African language spoken primarily by the Azande people across parts of South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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E.
Murle language
The Murle language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Murle people of South Sudan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Central Flores languages ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ngada people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ngadha
ⓘ
Ngad’a ⓘ
linked to:
Ngadha
|
| hasDomain |
home communication
ⓘ
local cultural events ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
affixation in verbs
ⓘ
aspect distinctions ⓘ complex verbal morphology ⓘ derivational morphology ⓘ mood distinctions ⓘ oral literature ⓘ rich oral tradition ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ verb-focused morphology ⓘ voice distinctions ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | ngad1269 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | nxg ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasal consonants
ⓘ
simple vowel system ⓘ |
| hasTypology | SVO word order ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Flores ⓘ |
| partOf | Austronesian linguistic heritage ⓘ |
| region | East Nusa Tenggara ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Ngada people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Flores
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ central Flores ⓘ
linked to:
Central Flores
|
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
Indonesian language
ⓘ
language shift to Indonesian ⓘ |
| usedAs | community language in Ngada Regency ⓘ |
| usedIn |
chants
ⓘ
folktales ⓘ oral poetry ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ |
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: Ngada language Description of subject: The Ngada language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ngada people in central Flores, Indonesia, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich oral tradition.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.