Southern Aslian languages
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Southern Aslian languages are a subgroup of the Aslian branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken primarily by indigenous communities in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Aslian | 6 |
| Southern Aslian languages canonical | 3 |
| Southern Aslian branch | 1 |
| Southern Aslian language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9192176 — 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: Southern Aslian languages Context triple: [Aslian languages, hasSubgroup, Southern Aslian languages]
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A.
Northern Aslian languages
The Northern Aslian languages are a branch of the Aslian (Austroasiatic) language family spoken primarily by indigenous Orang Asli communities in northern Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand.
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B.
Central Aslian languages
The Central Aslian languages are a subgroup of the Aslian branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken primarily by indigenous communities in central Peninsular Malaysia.
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C.
Central-Eastern Malakula languages
The Central-Eastern Malakula languages are a subgroup of closely related Oceanic languages spoken on the island of Malakula in Vanuatu.
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D.
Kove–Mangseng languages
The Kove–Mangseng languages are a small subgroup of closely related Oceanic languages spoken in parts of Papua New Guinea.
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E.
Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
- 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: Southern Aslian languages Target entity description: Southern Aslian languages are a subgroup of the Aslian branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken primarily by indigenous communities in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula.
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A.
Northern Aslian languages
The Northern Aslian languages are a branch of the Aslian (Austroasiatic) language family spoken primarily by indigenous Orang Asli communities in northern Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand.
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B.
Central Aslian languages
The Central Aslian languages are a subgroup of the Aslian branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken primarily by indigenous communities in central Peninsular Malaysia.
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C.
Central-Eastern Malakula languages
The Central-Eastern Malakula languages are a subgroup of closely related Oceanic languages spoken on the island of Malakula in Vanuatu.
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D.
Kove–Mangseng languages
The Kove–Mangseng languages are a small subgroup of closely related Oceanic languages spoken in parts of Papua New Guinea.
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E.
Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austroasiatic languages subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| branchOf | Aslian ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | southern part of the Malay Peninsula ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
indigenous to the Malay Peninsula
ⓘ
spoken by small, often endangered communities ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Besisi language
ⓘ
Mah Meri language ⓘ Orang Laut language varieties ⓘ Semaq Beri language ⓘ Semelai language ⓘ Temoq language ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | primarily unwritten or using ad hoc adaptations of Latin script ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austroasiatic ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aslian branch
ⓘ
Austroasiatic language family ⓘ
linked to:
Austroasiatic
|
| region |
Peninsular Malaysia
ⓘ
linked to:
West Malaysia
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| spokenBy | indigenous communities of the Malay Peninsula ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Malaysia
ⓘ
southern Malay Peninsula ⓘ
linked to:
southern Peninsular Malaysia
|
| subclassOf | Aslian languages ⓘ |
| typologicallyRelatedTo |
Central Aslian languages
ⓘ
Northern Aslian languages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Orang Asli peoples
ⓘ
linked to:
Orang Asli
|
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: Southern Aslian languages Description of subject: Southern Aslian languages are a subgroup of the Aslian branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken primarily by indigenous communities in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Southern Aslian languages
linked to: Southern Aslian languages
linked to: Southern Aslian languages
linked to: Southern Aslian languages
linked to: Southern Aslian languages
linked to: Southern Aslian languages
linked to: Southern Aslian languages