Tokodede language
E231078
Tokodede is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Liquiçá region of northwestern East Timor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tokodede language canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2089378 — 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: Tokodede language Context triple: [Timor–Babar languages, hasMember, Tokodede language]
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A.
Patamona language
The Patamona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Patamona people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana and northern Brazil.
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B.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
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C.
Kaado language
The Kaado language is a regional variety within the Songhay language family spoken by communities in parts of West Africa.
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D.
Hoanya language
The Hoanya language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Hoanya people of western Taiwan and classified among the indigenous Formosan languages.
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E.
Kayeli language
The Kayeli language is an Austronesian language once spoken on Buru Island in Indonesia, now critically endangered or possibly extinct.
- 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: Tokodede language Target entity description: Tokodede is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Liquiçá region of northwestern East Timor.
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A.
Patamona language
The Patamona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Patamona people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana and northern Brazil.
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B.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
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C.
Kaado language
The Kaado language is a regional variety within the Songhay language family spoken by communities in parts of West Africa.
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D.
Hoanya language
The Hoanya language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Hoanya people of western Taiwan and classified among the indigenous Formosan languages.
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E.
Kayeli language
The Kayeli language is an Austronesian language once spoken on Buru Island in Indonesia, now critically endangered or possibly extinct.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Mambai language
ⓘ
linked to:
Mambae language
Tocodede dialects ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Timor-Leste ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
coastal and inland areas of Liquiçá
ⓘ
villages west of Dili ⓘ |
| governingBody | Instituto Nacional de Linguística (East Timor) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tocodede
ⓘ
Tokodede ⓘ Tokodede-Tay ⓘ
linked to:
Tokodede
Tokodéde ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch | descriptive grammars and wordlists by field linguists ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
affixation for derivation
ⓘ
limited inflectional morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasal consonants
ⓘ
five-vowel system ⓘ |
| hasStatus | recognized national language of East Timor ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | tkd ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
|
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| lexicalInfluenceFrom |
Indonesian language
ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ Tetum language ⓘ
linked to:
Tetum
|
| locatedOn |
Timor island
ⓘ
linked to:
Timor
|
| minorityLanguageIn |
East Timor
ⓘ
linked to:
Timor-Leste
|
| neighboringLanguage |
Kemak language
ⓘ
Mambai language ⓘ Tetum language ⓘ
linked to:
Tetum
|
| primaryUse |
home and community communication
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| region | Liquiçá region ⓘ |
| riskFactor | language shift to Tetum and Indonesian among youth ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Tokodede people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
East Timor
ⓘ
linked to:
Timor-Leste
Liquiçá municipality ⓘ northwestern East Timor ⓘ |
| subfamily | Timoric languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
prepositional language ⓘ uses reduplication for grammatical and semantic functions ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
Tetum language ⓘ
linked to:
Tetum
|
| usedIn |
local administration in Liquiçá
ⓘ
traditional ceremonies in Liquiçá ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tokodede language Description of subject: Tokodede is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Liquiçá region of northwestern East Timor.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.