Tukang Besi dialect continuum
E1588324
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The Tukang Besi dialect continuum is a group of closely related Austronesian dialects spoken in the Tukang Besi Islands of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, forming a chain of mutually intelligible local speech varieties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tukang Besi dialect continuum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23473307 — 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: Tukang Besi dialect continuum Context triple: [Tomia dialect, belongsToDialectGroup, Tukang Besi dialect continuum]
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A.
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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B.
Sasak dialect continuum
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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C.
Fala dialect continuum
The Fala dialect continuum is a group of closely related Romance varieties spoken in a small area of Extremadura in western Spain, often considered transitional between Galician-Portuguese and Spanish.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Tukang Besi dialect continuum Target entity description: The Tukang Besi dialect continuum is a group of closely related Austronesian dialects spoken in the Tukang Besi Islands of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, forming a chain of mutually intelligible local speech varieties.
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A.
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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B.
Sasak dialect continuum
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.
-
C.
Fala dialect continuum
The Fala dialect continuum is a group of closely related Romance varieties spoken in a small area of Extremadura in western Spain, often considered transitional between Galician-Portuguese and Spanish.
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D.
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.
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.