Malian Sign Language
E802684
Malian Sign Language is a sign language used by the Deaf community in Mali, belonging to the broader French Sign Language family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malian Sign Language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9478097 — 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: Malian Sign Language Context triple: [French Sign Language family, hasMember, Malian Sign Language]
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A.
Zarma language
The Zarma language is a widely spoken Nilo-Saharan language of West Africa, primarily used in Niger and neighboring countries, and serves as a major lingua franca in the region.
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B.
Manguissa language
The Manguissa language is a Bantu language spoken by the Manguissa people of Cameroon, closely related to and geographically adjacent to Ewondo.
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C.
Baoulé language
The Baoulé language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Baoulé people of central Côte d'Ivoire.
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D.
Koyraboro Senni language
The Koyraboro Senni language is a Songhay language spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, notably around the city of Gao.
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E.
Mande languages
The Mande languages are a branch of West African languages spoken primarily in countries such as Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, known for including major languages like Bambara, Mandinka, and Soninke.
- 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: Malian Sign Language Target entity description: Malian Sign Language is a sign language used by the Deaf community in Mali, belonging to the broader French Sign Language family.
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A.
Zarma language
The Zarma language is a widely spoken Nilo-Saharan language of West Africa, primarily used in Niger and neighboring countries, and serves as a major lingua franca in the region.
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B.
Manguissa language
The Manguissa language is a Bantu language spoken by the Manguissa people of Cameroon, closely related to and geographically adjacent to Ewondo.
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C.
Baoulé language
The Baoulé language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Baoulé people of central Côte d'Ivoire.
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D.
Koyraboro Senni language
The Koyraboro Senni language is a Songhay language spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, notably around the city of Gao.
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E.
Mande languages
The Mande languages are a branch of West African languages spoken primarily in countries such as Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, known for including major languages like Bambara, Mandinka, and Soninke.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural language
ⓘ
sign language ⓘ |
| communicationType | signed language ⓘ |
| country | Mali ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
American Sign Language
ⓘ
International Sign ⓘ spoken languages of Mali ⓘ |
| hasModalityFeature |
uses body movement
ⓘ
uses facial expressions ⓘ uses handshapes ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no ISO 639-3 code (as of 2024) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | French Sign Language family ⓘ |
| modality | visual-gestural ⓘ |
| primaryCommunicationMode | manual ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| relatedTo | French Sign Language ⓘ |
| usedBy | Deaf community in Mali ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community identity among Deaf Malians
ⓘ
education of Deaf children in Mali ⓘ interpersonal communication among Deaf people in Mali ⓘ |
| usedIn | Mali ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | schools for the Deaf in Mali ⓘ |
| userGroup | Deaf Malians ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no standard written form ⓘ |
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: Malian Sign Language Description of subject: Malian Sign Language is a sign language used by the Deaf community in Mali, belonging to the broader French Sign Language family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.