Carolinian
E17025
Carolinian is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Northern Mariana Islands, closely related to other Micronesian languages and central to the cultural identity of the Carolinian people.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carolinian canonical | 20 |
| Carolinian language | 11 |
| Carolinian people | 2 |
| Carolinian languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T145512 — 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.
Target entity: Carolinian Context triple: [Northern Mariana Islands, officialLanguage, Carolinian]
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Carolingian Renaissance
The Carolingian Renaissance was a revival of learning, arts, and culture in Western Europe under Charlemagne and his successors, marked by educational reforms, manuscript production, and the preservation of classical texts.
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B.
Galloanserae
Galloanserae is a major clade of birds that unites waterfowl (like ducks and geese) and landfowl (such as chickens and turkeys) as close evolutionary relatives.
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C.
Norman
Norman is a masculine given name of English origin that became widely used in the English-speaking world.
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Ogham script
Ogham script is an early medieval alphabet primarily used to write the early Irish language, consisting of linear strokes carved along the edges of stones and wood.
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E.
Western Roman Empire
The Western Roman Empire was the western half of the Roman Empire that existed from its formal division in the late 4th century until its collapse in 476 AD, marking the end of ancient Rome in Western Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Carolinian Target entity description: Carolinian is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Northern Mariana Islands, closely related to other Micronesian languages and central to the cultural identity of the Carolinian people.
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A.
Carolingian Renaissance
The Carolingian Renaissance was a revival of learning, arts, and culture in Western Europe under Charlemagne and his successors, marked by educational reforms, manuscript production, and the preservation of classical texts.
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B.
Galloanserae
Galloanserae is a major clade of birds that unites waterfowl (like ducks and geese) and landfowl (such as chickens and turkeys) as close evolutionary relatives.
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C.
Norman
Norman is a masculine given name of English origin that became widely used in the English-speaking world.
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D.
Ogham script
Ogham script is an early medieval alphabet primarily used to write the early Irish language, consisting of linear strokes carved along the edges of stones and wood.
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E.
Western Roman Empire
The Western Roman Empire was the western half of the Roman Empire that existed from its formal division in the late 4th century until its collapse in 476 AD, marking the end of ancient Rome in Western Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Micronesian language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Carolinian
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Carolinian people
|
| belongsTo | Micronesian subgroup of Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| centralTo | Carolinian cultural identity ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Chuukese
Ulithian ⓘ Woleaian ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Refaluwasch language
ⓘ
Saipan Carolinian ⓘ |
| hasCommunityEfforts | language revitalization programs in the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
marker of Carolinian ethnic identity
ⓘ
medium of traditional navigation knowledge ⓘ medium of traditional rituals and ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Saipan dialect
ⓘ
varieties linked to different atoll origins ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Carolinian self-link ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | crol1237 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | cal ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Chamorro
ⓘ
English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
prenasalized stops ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryBody | Carolinian language committees in the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Saipan Carolinian
ⓘ
surface form:
Saipan Carolinian community
|
| historicalOrigin | Caroline Islands migration to Saipan ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Oceanic branch of Austronesian ⓘ |
| politicalEntity |
Northern Mariana Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
|
| region |
western Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Pacific Ocean
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| spokenIn |
Northern Mariana Islands
ⓘ
Saipan ⓘ |
| statusInCNMI | recognized indigenous language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Micronesian languages ⓘ |
| taughtIn | some schools in the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | English in the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication among Carolinian people
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| usedIn | local radio programs in the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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Subject: Carolinian Description of subject: Carolinian is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Northern Mariana Islands, closely related to other Micronesian languages and central to the cultural identity of the Carolinian people.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.