Trans-Fly languages
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The Trans-Fly languages are a group of Papuan languages spoken in the Trans-Fly region of southern New Guinea, spanning parts of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trans-Fly languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15291225 — 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: Trans-Fly languages Context triple: [Meriam Mir, languageFamily, Trans-Fly languages]
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A.
Eastern Trans-Fly languages
The Eastern Trans-Fly languages are a small group of Papuan languages spoken in the Trans-Fly region of southern New Guinea and nearby islands, including by some Torres Strait Islander communities.
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B.
Western Trans-Fly languages
Western Trans-Fly languages are a small group of Papuan languages spoken in the Trans-Fly region of southern New Guinea, characterized by shared structural features that distinguish them from neighboring language families.
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C.
Tivoid languages
Tivoid languages are a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in the Nigeria–Cameroon border region.
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D.
Tepiman languages
The Tepiman languages are a group of closely related Uto-Aztecan indigenous languages spoken primarily in northern Mexico by various Tepehuán and Piman peoples.
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E.
Tanacross language
The Tanacross language is an endangered Northern Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Tanacross people of eastern Interior Alaska.
- 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: Trans-Fly languages Target entity description: The Trans-Fly languages are a group of Papuan languages spoken in the Trans-Fly region of southern New Guinea, spanning parts of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
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A.
Eastern Trans-Fly languages
The Eastern Trans-Fly languages are a small group of Papuan languages spoken in the Trans-Fly region of southern New Guinea and nearby islands, including by some Torres Strait Islander communities.
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B.
Western Trans-Fly languages
Western Trans-Fly languages are a small group of Papuan languages spoken in the Trans-Fly region of southern New Guinea, characterized by shared structural features that distinguish them from neighboring language families.
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C.
Tivoid languages
Tivoid languages are a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in the Nigeria–Cameroon border region.
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D.
Tepiman languages
The Tepiman languages are a group of closely related Uto-Aztecan indigenous languages spoken primarily in northern Mexico by various Tepehuán and Piman peoples.
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E.
Tanacross language
The Tanacross language is an endangered Northern Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Tanacross people of eastern Interior Alaska.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.