Yanda
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Yanda is a lesser-known Dogon language variety spoken by the Dogon people of Mali in West Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yanda canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11578457 — 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: Yanda Context triple: [Dogon languages, hasSubgroup, Yanda]
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A.
Yahi
The Yahi were a small Native American group from northern California, known for being among the last surviving independent Indigenous peoples in the region and for the story of Ishi, their last known member.
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B.
Yackan
Yackan is an alternative name for the Yakan, an indigenous ethnolinguistic group from the island of Basilan in the southern Philippines known for their weaving and distinct cultural traditions.
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C.
Yagon
Yagon is a coastal camping and recreation area within New South Wales’ Myall Lakes National Park, known for its beaches, dunes, and bushland setting.
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D.
Yato
Yato is a small village on Pukapuka Atoll in the Cook Islands, known for its traditional Polynesian community and remote Pacific island setting.
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E.
Parea
Parea is a small coastal village on the island of Huahine in French Polynesia, known for its tranquil beaches and traditional Polynesian atmosphere.
- 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: Yanda Target entity description: Yanda is a lesser-known Dogon language variety spoken by the Dogon people of Mali in West Africa.
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A.
Yahi
The Yahi were a small Native American group from northern California, known for being among the last surviving independent Indigenous peoples in the region and for the story of Ishi, their last known member.
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B.
Yackan
Yackan is an alternative name for the Yakan, an indigenous ethnolinguistic group from the island of Basilan in the southern Philippines known for their weaving and distinct cultural traditions.
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C.
Yagon
Yagon is a coastal camping and recreation area within New South Wales’ Myall Lakes National Park, known for its beaches, dunes, and bushland setting.
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D.
Yato
Yato is a small village on Pukapuka Atoll in the Cook Islands, known for its traditional Polynesian community and remote Pacific island setting.
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E.
Parea
Parea is a small coastal village on the island of Huahine in French Polynesia, known for its tranquil beaches and traditional Polynesian atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dogon language variety
ⓘ
language variety ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dogon culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Dogon
|
| belongsTo |
Dogon language area of Mali
ⓘ
linked to:
Dogon languages
|
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Mali ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | limited descriptive work ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | under-described / potentially endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Dogon people
ⓘ
linked to:
Dogon
|
| hasGlossonym | "Yanda" ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
SOV basic word order (likely, by Dogon analogy)
ⓘ
tone language (likely, by Dogon analogy) ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no individual ISO 639-3 code (as of 2024) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Dogon languages ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Mande–Dogon contact zone ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Dogon-speaking area of central Mali ⓘ |
| macroLanguageContext |
Dogon language cluster
ⓘ
linked to:
Dogon languages
|
| neighboringLanguages |
Bambara (Bamanankan)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bambara language
other Dogon varieties ⓘ |
| primaryMode | spoken ⓘ |
| region | Mali ⓘ |
| relativeStatus | lesser-known language ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Dogon people
ⓘ
linked to:
Dogon
|
| spokenByPopulation | small speaker community (exact number unknown) ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mali
ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral communication ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (used in linguistic description) ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Yanda Description of subject: Yanda is a lesser-known Dogon language variety spoken by the Dogon people of Mali in West Africa.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.