Bumbita Arapesh language
E1021606
Bumbita Arapesh is a Papuan language of the Arapesh group spoken in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bumbita Arapesh language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13114255 — 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: Bumbita Arapesh language Context triple: [Arapesh, speaks, Bumbita Arapesh language]
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A.
Buduma language
The Buduma language is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Buduma (Yedina) people around Lake Chad, particularly in Chad and Cameroon.
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B.
Apalaí language
The Apalaí language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Apalaí people of the Amazon region in northern Brazil.
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C.
Uneapa language
The Uneapa language is an Oceanic language spoken on Uneapa (Bali) Island in Papua New Guinea’s West New Britain Province, belonging to the Western Bismarck subgroup.
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D.
Bambam language
The Bambam language is an Austronesian language spoken in parts of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its place within the region’s diverse indigenous linguistic landscape.
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E.
Boruca language
The Boruca language is an endangered indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Boruca people of southern Costa Rica.
- 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: Bumbita Arapesh language Target entity description: Bumbita Arapesh is a Papuan language of the Arapesh group spoken in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea.
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A.
Buduma language
The Buduma language is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Buduma (Yedina) people around Lake Chad, particularly in Chad and Cameroon.
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B.
Apalaí language
The Apalaí language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Apalaí people of the Amazon region in northern Brazil.
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C.
Uneapa language
The Uneapa language is an Oceanic language spoken on Uneapa (Bali) Island in Papua New Guinea’s West New Britain Province, belonging to the Western Bismarck subgroup.
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D.
Bambam language
The Bambam language is an Austronesian language spoken in parts of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its place within the region’s diverse indigenous linguistic landscape.
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E.
Boruca language
The Boruca language is an endangered indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Boruca people of southern Costa Rica.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arapesh language
ⓘ
Papuan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| documentedIn | linguistic surveys of Papuan languages ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Arapesh people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Arapesh, Bumbita
ⓘ
linked to:
Arapesh
Bumbita ⓘ |
| hasDialects | several village-based dialects ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | bumb1241 ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea | Sepik linguistic area ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agreement marking on verbs
ⓘ
rich noun morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrastive tone not used ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SOV word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | aon ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Torricelli language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Torricelli languages
|
| languageGroup |
Arapesh group
ⓘ
linked to:
Arapesh
|
| neighboringLanguages |
English
ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ other Arapesh languages ⓘ |
| region | northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| spokenBy | several thousand speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
East Sepik Province
ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Arapesh languages ⓘ |
| usedFor | everyday communication in local communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bumbita Arapesh language Description of subject: Bumbita Arapesh is a Papuan language of the Arapesh group spoken in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.