Bahnaric languages

All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bahnaric languages canonical	13
Central Bahnaric languages	2
Bahnaric branch	1
South Bahnaric languages	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9051968 — 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: Bahnaric languages
Context triple: [Mon Khmer, hasSubbranch, Bahnaric languages]

A. Hmongic languages
Hmongic languages are a branch of the Hmong-Mien language family spoken primarily by Hmong and related ethnic groups in southern China and Southeast Asia.
B. Kove–Mangseng languages
The Kove–Mangseng languages are a small subgroup of closely related Oceanic languages spoken in parts of Papua New Guinea.
C. Vietic languages
Vietic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Vietnam and neighboring areas, encompassing Vietnamese and several closely related minority languages.
D. Chamic languages
The Chamic languages are a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in mainland Southeast Asia and parts of Indonesia, notable for heavy contact influence from neighboring Austroasiatic and Tai-Kadai languages.
E. Chimuan languages
The Chimuan languages are an extinct group of pre-Columbian languages once spoken along the northern coast of Peru, most notably associated with the Chimú civilization.
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: Bahnaric languages
Target entity description: The Bahnaric languages are a group of related Austroasiatic languages spoken primarily by indigenous communities in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

A. Hmongic languages
Hmongic languages are a branch of the Hmong-Mien language family spoken primarily by Hmong and related ethnic groups in southern China and Southeast Asia.
B. Kove–Mangseng languages
The Kove–Mangseng languages are a small subgroup of closely related Oceanic languages spoken in parts of Papua New Guinea.
C. Vietic languages
Vietic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Vietnam and neighboring areas, encompassing Vietnamese and several closely related minority languages.
D. Chamic languages
The Chamic languages are a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in mainland Southeast Asia and parts of Indonesia, notable for heavy contact influence from neighboring Austroasiatic and Tai-Kadai languages.
E. Chimuan languages
The Chimuan languages are an extinct group of pre-Columbian languages once spoken along the northern coast of Peru, most notably associated with the Chimú civilization.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Austroasiatic languages ⓘ language family ⓘ
arealFeature	influence from Khmer ⓘ influence from Lao ⓘ influence from Vietnamese ⓘ
geneticRelation	Mon-Khmer languages ⓘ linked to: Mon-Khmer
hasMember	Alak language ⓘ Bahnar language ⓘ Bru language ⓘ Halang language ⓘ Hre language ⓘ Jeh language ⓘ Jruʼ language ⓘ Kaco language ⓘ Kacoʼ language ⓘ Katu language ⓘ Koho language ⓘ Laven language ⓘ Mnong language ⓘ Nyaheun language ⓘ Oy language ⓘ Rengao language ⓘ Sedang language ⓘ Sok language ⓘ Stieng language ⓘ Ta Oi language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	limited inflectional morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length (in some languages) ⓘ rich consonant inventories ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Central Bahnaric languages ⓘ linked to: Bahnaric languages North Bahnaric languages ⓘ linked to: Bahnaric South Bahnaric languages ⓘ linked to: Bahnaric languages
languageFamilyOf	Bahnar language ⓘ Mnong language ⓘ Sedang language ⓘ Stieng language ⓘ
partOf	Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area ⓘ linked to: Southeast Asia linguistic area
region	Central Highlands of Vietnam ⓘ linked to: Central Highlands, South Vietnam northeastern Cambodia ⓘ southern Laos ⓘ
spokenBy	indigenous peoples of Cambodia ⓘ indigenous peoples of Laos ⓘ indigenous peoples of Vietnam ⓘ
spokenIn	Cambodia ⓘ Laos ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ linked to: Viet Nam
subfamilyOf	Austroasiatic languages ⓘ linked to: Austroasiatic
typology	predominantly analytic ⓘ
wordOrder	SVO ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script (for some Bahnaric languages) ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

Mon Khmer → hasSubbranch → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

Proto-Austroasiatic → ancestorOf → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

Koho people → languageBranch → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

Bahnar language → subfamily → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

subject linked to: Bahnar

Tây Nguyên → languageUsed → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

North Bahnaric → subgroupOf → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

Sedang → subclassOf → Bahnaric branch ⓘ

linked to: Bahnaric languages

Koho → subfamilyOf → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

Jruʼ → subfamily → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

Monic languages → areRelatedTo → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

Bahnaric languages → hasSubgroup → Central Bahnaric languages ⓘ

linked to: Bahnaric languages

Bahnaric languages → hasSubgroup → South Bahnaric languages ⓘ

linked to: Bahnaric languages

Central Bahnaric → subgroupOf → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

Central Bahnaric → hasAlternativeName → Central Bahnaric languages ⓘ

linked to: Bahnaric languages

South Bahnaric → isSubgroupOf → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

Austroasiatic comparative linguistics → relatedTo → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

Khmeric languages → geneticRelation → Bahnaric languages ⓘ

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