Southern Luzon languages
E26701
The Southern Luzon languages are a subgroup of Philippine Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern part of Luzon island in the Philippines, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features distinct from other Philippine language groups.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Luzon languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200674 — 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: Southern Luzon languages Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, Southern Luzon languages]
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A.
Greater Central Philippine languages
Greater Central Philippine languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family that includes many of the most widely spoken languages in the central and southern Philippines, such as Tagalog, Bikol, and the Visayan languages.
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B.
Philippine–Cordilleran languages
The Philippine–Cordilleran languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in the northern Philippines, encompassing numerous indigenous languages of the Cordillera region and surrounding areas.
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C.
Bikol language
The Bikol language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, known for its several regional varieties and close relation to other Central Philippine languages.
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D.
Kapampangan language
Kapampangan is an Austronesian language of the Philippines primarily spoken in the Pampanga region of Central Luzon.
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E.
Ilocano language
The Ilocano language is an Austronesian language widely spoken in northern Luzon and by migrant communities across the Philippines and abroad.
- 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: Southern Luzon languages Target entity description: The Southern Luzon languages are a subgroup of Philippine Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern part of Luzon island in the Philippines, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features distinct from other Philippine language groups.
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A.
Greater Central Philippine languages
Greater Central Philippine languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family that includes many of the most widely spoken languages in the central and southern Philippines, such as Tagalog, Bikol, and the Visayan languages.
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B.
Philippine–Cordilleran languages
The Philippine–Cordilleran languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in the northern Philippines, encompassing numerous indigenous languages of the Cordillera region and surrounding areas.
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C.
Bikol language
The Bikol language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, known for its several regional varieties and close relation to other Central Philippine languages.
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D.
Kapampangan language
Kapampangan is an Austronesian language of the Philippines primarily spoken in the Pampanga region of Central Luzon.
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E.
Ilocano language
The Ilocano language is an Austronesian language widely spoken in northern Luzon and by migrant communities across the Philippines and abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
shared grammatical features distinct from other Philippine groups
ⓘ
shared phonological innovations distinct from other Philippine groups ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | Austronesian linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Austronesian
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Austronesian language
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ Proto-Philippine language ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Alabat Island Agta language
ⓘ
Bikol language ⓘ
surface form:
Albay Bikol languages
Bikol language ⓘ
surface form:
Bikol Central language
Bikol language ⓘ
surface form:
Bikol languages
Inagta Partido language ⓘ Inagta Rinconada language ⓘ Isnag language ⓘ
surface form:
Manide language
Mount Iraya Agta language ⓘ Bikol language ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Catanduanes Bikol language
Partido Bikol language ⓘ Remontado Dumagat language ⓘ Rinconada Bikol ⓘ
surface form:
Rinconada Bikol language
Sorsogon Ayta language ⓘ Bikol language ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Catanduanes Bikol language
Tagalog ⓘ
surface form:
Tagalog language
Umiray Dumaget language ⓘ |
| includes | both major regional lingua francas and minority languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine Archipelago ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine
|
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Philippine Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Luzon
ⓘ
Southern Luzon ⓘ |
| recognizedIn | Philippine linguistic classification ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bicol Region
ⓘ
Calabarzon ⓘ Metro Manila ⓘ
surface form:
Metro Manila (migrant communities)
Mimaropa ⓘ |
| status | mostly vigorous ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Greater Central Philippine languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Philippine languages
Philippine languages ⓘ |
| typology |
Austronesian alignment
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focus-based morphology ⓘ rich voice system ⓘ verb–initial word order ⓘ |
| usedBy | ethnic groups of Southern Luzon ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Southern Luzon languages Description of subject: The Southern Luzon languages are a subgroup of Philippine Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern part of Luzon island in the Philippines, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features distinct from other Philippine language groups.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.