Kawi language
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Kawi language is an Old Javanese literary and liturgical language of ancient Indonesia, historically used in inscriptions and classical texts across the region.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kawi | 6 |
| Kawi language canonical | 4 |
| Bahasa Kawi | 1 |
| Basa Kawi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T720264 — 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: Kawi language Context triple: [Balinese script, usedForLanguage, Kawi language]
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A.
Unami language
The Unami language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Lenape (Delaware) people in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
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B.
Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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C.
Hokkien language
The Hokkien language is a Southern Min Chinese dialect widely spoken in southeastern China and among overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, known for its significant influence on regional languages and cultures.
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D.
Nohurli dialect
The Nohurli dialect is a regional variety of Turkmen spoken by the Nohur people in parts of Turkmenistan, distinguished by its unique phonetic and lexical features.
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E.
Hadza language
The Hadza language is an isolate spoken by the Hadza people of northern Tanzania, notable for its extensive use of click consonants and lack of clear genetic affiliation to other language families.
- 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: Kawi language Target entity description: Kawi language is an Old Javanese literary and liturgical language of ancient Indonesia, historically used in inscriptions and classical texts across the region.
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A.
Unami language
The Unami language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Lenape (Delaware) people in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
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B.
Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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C.
Hokkien language
The Hokkien language is a Southern Min Chinese dialect widely spoken in southeastern China and among overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, known for its significant influence on regional languages and cultures.
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D.
Nohurli dialect
The Nohurli dialect is a regional variety of Turkmen spoken by the Nohur people in parts of Turkmenistan, distinguished by its unique phonetic and lexical features.
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E.
Hadza language
The Hadza language is an isolate spoken by the Hadza people of northern Tanzania, notable for its extensive use of click consonants and lack of clear genetic affiliation to other language families.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Javanese language
ⓘ
language ⓘ literary language ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Bahasa Kawi
ⓘ
linked to:
Kawi language
Basa Kawi ⓘ
linked to:
Kawi language
Old Javanese ⓘ
linked to:
Kawi (Old Javanese)
|
| hasNotableWork |
Arjunawiwaha
ⓘ
Kakawin Ramayana ⓘ
linked to:
Ramayana
Nagarakretagama ⓘ Sutasoma ⓘ
linked to:
Kakawin Sutasoma
|
| historicalPeriod |
classical period of Javanese history
ⓘ
early medieval period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Balinese language
ⓘ
Modern Javanese ⓘ Sundanese language ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Old Malay
ⓘ
Prakrit languages ⓘ
linked to:
Prakrit
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| nativeName | Bhāṣa Kawi ⓘ |
| region |
Bali
ⓘ
Java ⓘ Lombok ⓘ Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ ancient Indonesia ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic scripts ⓘ |
| status |
classical language
ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ no longer spoken as a native language ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Javanese language ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Javanese
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Balinese courts
ⓘ
Javanese courts ⓘ religious specialists ⓘ scribes ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Hindu-Buddhist liturgy
ⓘ
court literature ⓘ epic literature ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ literary texts ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ poetry ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Balinese script
ⓘ
Javanese script ⓘ Kawi script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ Old Javanese script ⓘ
linked to:
Javanese 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: Kawi language Description of subject: Kawi language is an Old Javanese literary and liturgical language of ancient Indonesia, historically used in inscriptions and classical texts across the region.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kawi language
linked to: Kawi language
linked to: Kawi language
linked to: Kawi language
linked to: Kawi language
linked to: Kawi language
linked to: Kawi language
linked to: Kawi language