Woi language
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Woi is an Austronesian language spoken in parts of eastern Indonesia, particularly in the South Halmahera–West New Guinea region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Woi language canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7823209 — 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: Woi language Context triple: [South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages, hasMember, Woi language]
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A.
Wolio language
The Wolio language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Buton Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, and serves as an important regional lingua franca.
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B.
Wiyot language
The Wiyot language is a nearly extinct Native American language once spoken by the Wiyot people of northwestern California, known for its complex verb morphology and its role in establishing the Algic language family.
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C.
Wawonii language
The Wawonii language is an Austronesian language spoken on Wawonii Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is part of the Bungku–Tolaki language group.
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D.
Wounaan language
Wounaan language is an indigenous Chocoan language spoken by the Wounaan people primarily in Panama and Colombia.
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E.
Woleaian language
The Woleaian language is a Micronesian language spoken primarily on the atolls of Woleai and nearby islands in the Federated States of Micronesia.
- 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: Woi language Target entity description: Woi is an Austronesian language spoken in parts of eastern Indonesia, particularly in the South Halmahera–West New Guinea region.
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A.
Wolio language
The Wolio language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Buton Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, and serves as an important regional lingua franca.
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B.
Wiyot language
The Wiyot language is a nearly extinct Native American language once spoken by the Wiyot people of northwestern California, known for its complex verb morphology and its role in establishing the Algic language family.
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C.
Wawonii language
The Wawonii language is an Austronesian language spoken on Wawonii Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is part of the Bungku–Tolaki language group.
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D.
Wounaan language
Wounaan language is an indigenous Chocoan language spoken by the Wounaan people primarily in Panama and Colombia.
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E.
Woleaian language
The Woleaian language is a Micronesian language spoken primarily on the atolls of Woleai and nearby islands in the Federated States of Micronesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| category |
Austronesian languages of New Guinea
ⓘ
Languages of Indonesia ⓘ South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| family | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Austronesian language
ⓘ
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ Proto-South Halmahera–West New Guinea language ⓘ
linked to:
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
|
| hasTypology | subject–verb–object word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | wbw ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
South Halmahera–West New Guinea language area
ⓘ
linked to:
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
|
| languageBranch | Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| region |
South Halmahera–West New Guinea region
ⓘ
linked to:
South Halmahera–West New Guinea
eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
New Guinea area
ⓘ
linked to:
New Guinea
West Papua area ⓘ
linked to:
West Papua
eastern Indonesian archipelago ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
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: Woi language Description of subject: Woi is an Austronesian language spoken in parts of eastern Indonesia, particularly in the South Halmahera–West New Guinea region.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.