Daka language
E270020
The Daka language is a lesser-known Niger-Congo language spoken in parts of Nigeria, belonging to the Adamawa–Ubangi branch.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Daka language canonical | 7 |
| Daka language in daily communication | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2466810 — 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: Daka language Context triple: [Adamawa–Ubangi languages, hasNotableLanguage, Daka language]
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A.
Dinka language
The Dinka language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Dinka people of South Sudan, known for its complex system of tones and vowel lengths.
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B.
Dagbani language
Dagbani is a major Gur language of northern Ghana, spoken primarily by the Dagomba people and used widely in education, media, and regional communication.
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C.
Banda-Ndélé language
The Banda-Ndélé language is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Banda people, primarily in the Central African Republic.
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D.
Kharia language
Kharia language is a Munda language spoken primarily by the Kharia people in eastern India, especially in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.
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E.
Murle language
The Murle language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Murle people of South Sudan.
- 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: Daka language Target entity description: The Daka language is a lesser-known Niger-Congo language spoken in parts of Nigeria, belonging to the Adamawa–Ubangi branch.
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A.
Dinka language
The Dinka language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Dinka people of South Sudan, known for its complex system of tones and vowel lengths.
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B.
Dagbani language
Dagbani is a major Gur language of northern Ghana, spoken primarily by the Dagomba people and used widely in education, media, and regional communication.
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C.
Banda-Ndélé language
The Banda-Ndélé language is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Banda people, primarily in the Central African Republic.
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D.
Kharia language
Kharia language is a Munda language spoken primarily by the Kharia people in eastern India, especially in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.
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E.
Murle language
The Murle language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Murle people of South Sudan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger-Congo language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | Adamawa language ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | lesser-known language ⓘ |
| glottologCode | daka1240 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Daka ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dakaka
ⓘ
Dakka ⓘ Dekka ⓘ Nyima ⓘ Nyimang ⓘ |
| hasDialects | Daka dialects ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
noun class system
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | dkk ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Niger–Congo
ⓘ
linked to:
Niger–Congo languages
|
| macroFamily |
Atlantic–Congo
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic–Congo languages
|
| neighboringLanguages |
Benue–Congo languages
ⓘ
other Adamawa languages ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Nigeria ⓘ |
| status | minority language in Nigeria ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Adamawa–Ubangi
ⓘ
linked to:
Adamawa–Ubangi languages
|
| usedBy | Daka people ⓘ |
| 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: Daka language Description of subject: The Daka language is a lesser-known Niger-Congo language spoken in parts of Nigeria, belonging to the Adamawa–Ubangi branch.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Daka language