Mampruli language
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Mampruli is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Mamprusi people in northern Ghana and parts of neighboring West African countries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mampruli language canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2446258 — 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: Mampruli language Context triple: [Gur languages, hasMemberLanguage, Mampruli language]
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A.
Makushi language
The Makushi language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken primarily by the Makushi people in northern Brazil and southern Guyana.
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B.
Banda-Linda language
The Banda-Linda language is a Banda language spoken by the Banda-Linda people of the Central African Republic.
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C.
Bambam language
The Bambam language is an Austronesian language spoken in parts of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its place within the region’s diverse indigenous linguistic landscape.
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D.
Rarámuri language
The Rarámuri language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) people of northern Mexico.
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E.
Bakumpai language
The Bakumpai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bakumpai people of central Kalimantan in Indonesia, closely related to other Dayak and Malayic languages of Borneo.
- 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: Mampruli language Target entity description: Mampruli is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Mamprusi people in northern Ghana and parts of neighboring West African countries.
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A.
Makushi language
The Makushi language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken primarily by the Makushi people in northern Brazil and southern Guyana.
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B.
Banda-Linda language
The Banda-Linda language is a Banda language spoken by the Banda-Linda people of the Central African Republic.
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C.
Bambam language
The Bambam language is an Austronesian language spoken in parts of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its place within the region’s diverse indigenous linguistic landscape.
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D.
Rarámuri language
The Rarámuri language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) people of northern Mexico.
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E.
Bakumpai language
The Bakumpai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bakumpai people of central Kalimantan in Indonesia, closely related to other Dayak and Malayic languages of Borneo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur language
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mamprusi
ⓘ
surface form:
Mamprugu traditional area
|
| belongsToBranch |
Southern Gur languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Gur languages
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dagbani language
ⓘ
Kusaal language ⓘ Moore language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mamprusi ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mampruli
ⓘ
surface form:
Mamprule
Mampruli ⓘ |
| hasDialects | regional varieties in Mamprugu area ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | mamp1243 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | maw ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SVO word order
ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional language in northern Ghana ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Gur languages
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Bimoba language
ⓘ
Dagbani language ⓘ Frafra language ⓘ Kusaal language ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Ghana ⓘ |
| region |
North East Region of Ghana
ⓘ
Northern Region of Ghana ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Dagomba people
ⓘ
surface form:
Mamprusi people
|
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ Northern Region of Ghana ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Ghana
Togo ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Oti–Volta language
ⓘ
Oti–Volta languages ⓘ
surface form:
Western Oti–Volta language
|
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local radio broadcasting in northern Ghana
ⓘ
traditional chieftaincy affairs of Mamprusi ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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: Mampruli language Description of subject: Mampruli is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Mamprusi people in northern Ghana and parts of neighboring West African countries.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.