Kedang language
E174814
The Kedang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kedang people on Lembata Island in eastern Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kedang language canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1532916 — 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: Kedang language Context triple: [Flores–Lembata languages, hasMember, Kedang language]
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A.
Kedayan language
The Kedayan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kedayan people of Brunei, Sabah, and parts of Borneo, closely related to Malay and other Greater North Borneo languages.
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B.
Ketagalan language
The Ketagalan language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Ketagalan people in northern Taiwan, traditionally classified among the Formosan languages.
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C.
Kaidipang language
The Kaidipang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kaidipang people in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
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E.
Bima language
Bima language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its distinct grammar and vocabulary within the region.
- 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: Kedang language Target entity description: The Kedang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kedang people on Lembata Island in eastern Indonesia.
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A.
Kedayan language
The Kedayan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kedayan people of Brunei, Sabah, and parts of Borneo, closely related to Malay and other Greater North Borneo languages.
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B.
Ketagalan language
The Ketagalan language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Ketagalan people in northern Taiwan, traditionally classified among the Formosan languages.
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C.
Kaidipang language
The Kaidipang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kaidipang people in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
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E.
Bima language
Bima language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its distinct grammar and vocabulary within the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Austronesian language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| ethnologueCode | ksx ⓘ |
| glottologName | Kedang ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kedang (Lembata)
ⓘ
Kedangese ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | keda1252 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | ksx ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo |
Lembata Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Lembata
|
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Indonesia ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Lembata Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Lembata
|
| macroArea | Papunesia ⓘ |
| region | eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kedang people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ Lembata Island ⓘ
linked to:
Lembata
|
| spokenOn |
Lembata Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Lembata
|
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature | verb-initial word order (reported) ⓘ |
| 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: Kedang language Description of subject: The Kedang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kedang people on Lembata Island in eastern Indonesia.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.