Indo-Aryan languages
E7769
Indo-Aryan languages are a major branch of the Indo-European family spoken primarily in the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Marathi.
All labels observed (17)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T28255 — 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: Indo-Aryan languages Context triple: [Indo-European language family, hasSubfamily, Indo-Aryan languages]
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A.
Indo-European language family
The Indo-European language family is a major global language group that includes many of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe and large parts of Asia.
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B.
Nuristani languages
Nuristani languages are a small, distinct group of Indo-Iranian languages spoken primarily in the remote Nuristan region of eastern Afghanistan.
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C.
Germanic languages
Germanic languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes languages such as English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages, sharing common historical origins and linguistic features.
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D.
Sanskrit
Sanskrit is an ancient Indo-Aryan language of India, foundational to Hindu religious texts and classical Indian literature, and a key source for many modern South Asian languages.
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E.
Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
- 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: Indo-Aryan languages Target entity description: Indo-Aryan languages are a major branch of the Indo-European family spoken primarily in the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Marathi.
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A.
Indo-European language family
The Indo-European language family is a major global language group that includes many of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe and large parts of Asia.
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B.
Nuristani languages
Nuristani languages are a small, distinct group of Indo-Iranian languages spoken primarily in the remote Nuristan region of eastern Afghanistan.
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C.
Germanic languages
Germanic languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes languages such as English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages, sharing common historical origins and linguistic features.
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D.
Sanskrit
Sanskrit is an ancient Indo-Aryan language of India, foundational to Hindu religious texts and classical Indian literature, and a key source for many modern South Asian languages.
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E.
Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (83)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Indo-European languages
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| ancestorLanguage |
Classical Sanskrit
ⓘ
linked to:
Sanskrit
Vedic Sanskrit ⓘ
linked to:
Sanskrit
|
| dominantIn |
East India
ⓘ
linked to:
eastern India
North India ⓘ
linked to:
northern India
parts of Western India ⓘ |
| hasApproximateSpeakers | over 1 billion speakers ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
grammatical gender in many member languages
ⓘ
postpositions in many member languages ⓘ rich case marking in many member languages ⓘ split ergativity in some member languages ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Central Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Aryan languages
Insular Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Northern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Southern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Aryan languages
Western Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Aryan languages
|
| historicalStage |
Middle Indo-Aryan
ⓘ
New Indo-Aryan ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Aryan languages
Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Aryan languages
|
| includesLanguage |
Assamese
ⓘ
Awadhi ⓘ Bengali ⓘ Bhojpuri ⓘ Chhattisgarhi ⓘ Dhivehi ⓘ Dogri ⓘ Fiji Hindi ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Hindustani ⓘ
linked to:
Hindi
Kashmiri ⓘ Konkani ⓘ Magahi ⓘ Maithili ⓘ Marathi ⓘ
linked to:
Marathi language
Marwari ⓘ Odia ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ
linked to:
Punjabi language
Rajasthani ⓘ Seraiki ⓘ Sindhi ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Urdu ⓘ
linked to:
Urdu language
|
| languageBranchOf |
Indo-European languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
|
| partOf |
Indo-European languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
|
| region |
Central Asia
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ diaspora communities worldwide ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ Fiji ⓘ Guyana ⓘ
linked to:
British Guiana
India ⓘ Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
Maldives ⓘ Mauritius ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Suriname ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| subclassOf | Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| typicalWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| usedAsOfficialLanguageIn |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
Fiji ⓘ India ⓘ Maldives ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Bengali–Assamese script
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Nagari script
Devanagari ⓘ
linked to:
Devanagari script
Gujarati script ⓘ Gurmukhi ⓘ Odia script ⓘ Perso-Arabic script ⓘ Sinhala script ⓘ
linked to:
Brahmi script
Thaana 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: Indo-Aryan languages Description of subject: Indo-Aryan languages are a major branch of the Indo-European family spoken primarily in the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Marathi.
Referenced by (440)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
subject linked to:
Urdu language
linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Indo-Aryan languages