Tanimbar languages
E152057
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tanimbar languages canonical | 4 |
| Kei–Tanimbar languages | 3 |
| Tanimbar Islands linguistic area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1302632 — 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: Tanimbar languages Context triple: [Central Malayo-Polynesian languages, hasSubgroup, Tanimbar languages]
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A.
Flores–Lembata languages
The Flores–Lembata languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken on the islands of Flores and Lembata in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinctive phonological and grammatical features within the region.
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B.
Timor–Babar languages
The Timor–Babar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Timor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex phonologies and diverse grammatical structures.
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C.
Bima–Sumba languages
The Bima–Sumba languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on the islands of Sumbawa and Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
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D.
Celebic–South Halmahera languages
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
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E.
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- 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: Tanimbar languages Target entity description: The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
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A.
Flores–Lembata languages
The Flores–Lembata languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken on the islands of Flores and Lembata in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinctive phonological and grammatical features within the region.
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B.
Timor–Babar languages
The Timor–Babar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Timor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex phonologies and diverse grammatical structures.
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C.
Bima–Sumba languages
The Bima–Sumba languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on the islands of Sumbawa and Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
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D.
Celebic–South Halmahera languages
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
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E.
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Austronesian language subgroup ⓘ |
| areClassifiedBy | comparative-historical linguistics ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areSpokenPrimarilyBy | indigenous communities of the Tanimbar Islands ⓘ |
| areSubgroupOf | Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Tanimbar people ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | islands between Timor and Aru Islands ⓘ |
| glottologCode | tani1259 ⓘ |
| glottologName |
Tanimbar
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanimbar Islands
|
| hasMember |
Fordata language
ⓘ
Larat language ⓘ Meyah language ⓘ Selaru language ⓘ Yamdena language ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| region |
Southeast Maluku Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Southeast Maluku Regency
|
| spokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Maluku province ⓘ Tanimbar Islands ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
|
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: Tanimbar languages Description of subject: The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Central MP languages
subject linked to:
Central MP languages
linked to: Tanimbar languages
linked to: Tanimbar languages
linked to: Tanimbar languages
subject linked to:
Maluku province