Mabuiag Island languages
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The Mabuiag Island languages are a group of Indigenous Torres Strait Islander languages spoken on Mabuiag Island in Queensland, Australia, known for their influence on neighboring tongues such as Kalaw Lagaw Ya.
All labels observed (1)
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| Mabuiag Island languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15291120 — 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: Mabuiag Island languages Context triple: [Kalaw Lagaw Ya, hasLoanwordsFrom, Mabuiag Island languages]
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A.
Fergusson Island languages
The Fergusson Island languages are a group of closely related Papuan languages spoken on Fergusson Island in Papua New Guinea’s D'Entrecasteaux Islands.
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B.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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C.
Yonaguni language
The Yonaguni language is a highly endangered Ryukyuan language spoken on Japan’s Yonaguni Island, distinct from but related to Japanese and other Yaeyama languages.
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D.
Yaeyama language
The Yaeyama language is a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken in Japan’s Yaeyama Islands, distinct from standard Japanese and recognized as endangered.
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E.
Southern Ryukyuan languages
The Southern Ryukyuan languages are a subgroup of the Ryukyuan language family spoken primarily in the southern Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Sakishima Islands, and are considered distinct from standard Japanese.
- 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: Mabuiag Island languages Target entity description: The Mabuiag Island languages are a group of Indigenous Torres Strait Islander languages spoken on Mabuiag Island in Queensland, Australia, known for their influence on neighboring tongues such as Kalaw Lagaw Ya.
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A.
Fergusson Island languages
The Fergusson Island languages are a group of closely related Papuan languages spoken on Fergusson Island in Papua New Guinea’s D'Entrecasteaux Islands.
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B.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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C.
Yonaguni language
The Yonaguni language is a highly endangered Ryukyuan language spoken on Japan’s Yonaguni Island, distinct from but related to Japanese and other Yaeyama languages.
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D.
Yaeyama language
The Yaeyama language is a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken in Japan’s Yaeyama Islands, distinct from standard Japanese and recognized as endangered.
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E.
Southern Ryukyuan languages
The Southern Ryukyuan languages are a subgroup of the Ryukyuan language family spoken primarily in the southern Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Sakishima Islands, and are considered distinct from standard Japanese.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.