Sasak dialect continuum
E1445912
UNEXPLORED
The Sasak dialect continuum is a group of closely related Austronesian speech varieties spoken by the Sasak people on the island of Lombok in Indonesia, exhibiting gradual linguistic variation across regions rather than sharply defined dialect boundaries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sasak dialect continuum canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20685385 — 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: Sasak dialect continuum Context triple: [Ngeno-Ngene, belongsTo, Sasak dialect continuum]
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A.
Javanese dialect continuum
The Javanese dialect continuum is a range of closely related Javanese language varieties spoken across Java whose neighboring dialects are mutually intelligible but show gradual linguistic differences over distance.
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B.
Tat dialect continuum
The Tat dialect continuum is a group of closely related Southwestern Iranian dialects spoken primarily in the eastern Caucasus region, notably in parts of Azerbaijan and Russia.
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C.
Tabasaran dialect continuum
The Tabasaran dialect continuum is a group of closely related Northeast Caucasian speech varieties of the Tabasaran language, spoken primarily in southern Dagestan, Russia.
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D.
Kuikuro-Kalapalo dialect continuum
The Kuikuro-Kalapalo dialect continuum is a closely related cluster of indigenous Cariban languages spoken by several Xingu peoples in Brazil’s Upper Xingu region.
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E.
Potohari language continuum
The Potohari language continuum is a group of closely related Indo-Aryan dialects spoken primarily in Pakistan’s Potohar Plateau and surrounding regions, forming a transitional zone between Punjabi and Hindko.
- 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: Sasak dialect continuum Target entity description: The Sasak dialect continuum is a group of closely related Austronesian speech varieties spoken by the Sasak people on the island of Lombok in Indonesia, exhibiting gradual linguistic variation across regions rather than sharply defined dialect boundaries.
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A.
Javanese dialect continuum
The Javanese dialect continuum is a range of closely related Javanese language varieties spoken across Java whose neighboring dialects are mutually intelligible but show gradual linguistic differences over distance.
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B.
Tat dialect continuum
The Tat dialect continuum is a group of closely related Southwestern Iranian dialects spoken primarily in the eastern Caucasus region, notably in parts of Azerbaijan and Russia.
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C.
Tabasaran dialect continuum
The Tabasaran dialect continuum is a group of closely related Northeast Caucasian speech varieties of the Tabasaran language, spoken primarily in southern Dagestan, Russia.
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D.
Kuikuro-Kalapalo dialect continuum
The Kuikuro-Kalapalo dialect continuum is a closely related cluster of indigenous Cariban languages spoken by several Xingu peoples in Brazil’s Upper Xingu region.
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E.
Potohari language continuum
The Potohari language continuum is a group of closely related Indo-Aryan dialects spoken primarily in Pakistan’s Potohar Plateau and surrounding regions, forming a transitional zone between Punjabi and Hindko.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.