Lokaa language
E1005086
The Lokaa language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Lokaa people in and around Ugep in Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lokaa language canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12834530 — 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: Lokaa language Context triple: [Ugep, languageSpoken, Lokaa language]
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A.
Loko language
Loko language is a Southern Atlantic language spoken primarily by the Loko people in Sierra Leone.
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B.
Lokoya language
The Lokoya language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Lokoya people of South Sudan.
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C.
Lotuko language
The Lotuko language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Lotuko people of South Sudan.
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D.
Löyöp language
The Löyöp language is an Oceanic language spoken by a small community in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu.
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E.
Lavukaleve language
Lavukaleve is a Papuan language spoken by the Lavukal people of the Russell Islands in the Solomon Islands, known for its complex grammar and status as one of the Central Solomons languages.
- 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: Lokaa language Target entity description: The Lokaa language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Lokaa people in and around Ugep in Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria.
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A.
Loko language
Loko language is a Southern Atlantic language spoken primarily by the Loko people in Sierra Leone.
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B.
Lokoya language
The Lokoya language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Lokoya people of South Sudan.
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C.
Lotuko language
The Lotuko language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Lotuko people of South Sudan.
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D.
Löyöp language
The Löyöp language is an Oceanic language spoken by a small community in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu.
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E.
Lavukaleve language
Lavukaleve is a Papuan language spoken by the Lavukal people of the Russell Islands in the Solomon Islands, known for its complex grammar and status as one of the Central Solomons languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger-Congo language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Lokaa
ⓘ
Ugep language ⓘ Yako ⓘ Yakurr ⓘ Yakö ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Lokaa culture ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Lokaa people ⓘ |
| family |
Niger-Congo
ⓘ
linked to:
Niger–Congo languages
|
| glottologCode | loka1255 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Lokaa ⓘ |
| hasDialects | multiple local varieties ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | yaz ⓘ |
| hasTone | yes ⓘ |
| languageStatus | regional language in Nigeria ⓘ |
| nativeSpeakers | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages | languages of the Cross River region ⓘ |
| primaryLocation | Cross River State ⓘ |
| region | southeastern Nigeria ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Lokaa people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cross River State
ⓘ
Ugep ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Benue–Congo
ⓘ
linked to:
Benue–Congo languages
|
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
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: Lokaa language Description of subject: The Lokaa language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Lokaa people in and around Ugep in Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.