Baoulé language
E155047
The Baoulé language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Baoulé people of central Côte d'Ivoire.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baoulé language canonical | 20 |
| Bouaké dialect | 2 |
| Baule-Baoulé language | 1 |
| Kossou dialect | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1340487 — 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: Baoulé language Context triple: [Kwa languages, hasSubgroup, Baoulé language]
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A.
Ewondo language
Ewondo is a Bantu language spoken primarily in central Cameroon, notably around the capital Yaoundé, by the Ewondo (Yaoundé) people.
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B.
Saramaccan language
The Saramaccan language is an English- and Portuguese-based creole spoken primarily by the Saramaccan Maroon community in Suriname and parts of French Guiana.
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C.
Tsonga language
The Tsonga language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in southern Africa, especially in Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe.
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D.
Mande languages
The Mande languages are a branch of West African languages spoken primarily in countries such as Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, known for including major languages like Bambara, Mandinka, and Soninke.
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E.
Konjo language
The Konjo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Konjo people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its distinct coastal and highland dialects.
- 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: Baoulé language Target entity description: The Baoulé language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Baoulé people of central Côte d'Ivoire.
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A.
Ewondo language
Ewondo is a Bantu language spoken primarily in central Cameroon, notably around the capital Yaoundé, by the Ewondo (Yaoundé) people.
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B.
Saramaccan language
The Saramaccan language is an English- and Portuguese-based creole spoken primarily by the Saramaccan Maroon community in Suriname and parts of French Guiana.
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C.
Tsonga language
The Tsonga language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in southern Africa, especially in Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe.
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D.
Mande languages
The Mande languages are a branch of West African languages spoken primarily in countries such as Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, known for including major languages like Bambara, Mandinka, and Soninke.
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E.
Konjo language
The Konjo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Konjo people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its distinct coastal and highland dialects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kwa language
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Akan language
ⓘ
Anyin language ⓘ Bono language ⓘ |
| country | Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Baoulé people ⓘ |
| family |
Niger–Congo
ⓘ
linked to:
Niger–Congo languages
|
| glottocode | baou1238 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Asabu dialect
ⓘ
Bocanda dialect ⓘ Bongouanou dialect ⓘ Bouaflé dialect ⓘ Bouaké dialect ⓘ
linked to:
Baoulé language
Bouaké-Kodé dialect ⓘ Béoumi dialect ⓘ Daloa dialect ⓘ Daoukro dialect ⓘ Didiévi dialect ⓘ Dimbokro dialect ⓘ Djébonouan dialect ⓘ Gagnoa dialect ⓘ Issia dialect ⓘ Kodikro dialect ⓘ Kossou dialect ⓘ
linked to:
Baoulé language
Kounahiri dialect ⓘ M'Bahiakro dialect ⓘ M'Batto dialect ⓘ Nzipri dialect ⓘ Oumé dialect ⓘ Prikro dialect ⓘ Sakassou dialect ⓘ Saïoua dialect ⓘ Sinfra dialect ⓘ Tiassalé dialect ⓘ Tiébissou dialect ⓘ Toumodi dialect ⓘ Vavoua dialect ⓘ Yamoussoukro dialect ⓘ Zuénoula dialect ⓘ Zuénoula-Kanzra dialect ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ATR vowel harmony
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | bci ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Akan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Akan language
|
| region | Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Baoulé people ⓘ |
| spokenIn | central Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Central Tano languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Potou–Tano languages
Kwa languages ⓘ Tano languages ⓘ
linked to:
Potou–Tano languages
|
| usedIn |
oral literature of Baoulé people
ⓘ
storytelling of Baoulé people ⓘ traditional songs of Baoulé people ⓘ |
| usesAlphabet | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
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: Baoulé language Description of subject: The Baoulé language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Baoulé people of central Côte d'Ivoire.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Baoulé language
linked to: Baoulé language
linked to: Baoulé language
linked to: Baoulé language