Oko languages
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Oko languages are a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oko languages canonical | 2 |
| Okun languages | 1 |
| Somorika language (Okpameri cluster) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2662890 — 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: Oko languages Context triple: [Benue–Congo languages, containsSubfamily, Oko languages]
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A.
Akoko languages
The Akoko languages are a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in the Akoko region of southwestern Nigeria.
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B.
Khoe languages
Khoe languages are a branch of southern African languages spoken mainly by Khoe peoples, known for their use of click consonants and distinct grammatical structures.
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C.
Ubangian languages
The Ubangian languages are a group of closely related languages spoken primarily in the Central African Republic and surrounding regions, often considered a branch of the Niger–Congo or an independent language family.
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D.
Kunama languages
The Kunama languages are a small group of closely related languages spoken primarily by the Kunama people of western Eritrea and adjacent regions of Ethiopia.
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E.
Laiyolo–Kaili languages
The Laiyolo–Kaili languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their shared linguistic features within the broader Celebic branch.
- 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: Oko languages Target entity description: Oko languages are a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria.
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A.
Akoko languages
The Akoko languages are a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in the Akoko region of southwestern Nigeria.
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B.
Khoe languages
Khoe languages are a branch of southern African languages spoken mainly by Khoe peoples, known for their use of click consonants and distinct grammatical structures.
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C.
Ubangian languages
The Ubangian languages are a group of closely related languages spoken primarily in the Central African Republic and surrounding regions, often considered a branch of the Niger–Congo or an independent language family.
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D.
Kunama languages
The Kunama languages are a small group of closely related languages spoken primarily by the Kunama people of western Eritrea and adjacent regions of Ethiopia.
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E.
Laiyolo–Kaili languages
The Laiyolo–Kaili languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their shared linguistic features within the broader Celebic branch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger-Congo languages
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfLanguages | 3 ⓘ |
| areDocumentedIn |
Ethnologue
ⓘ
Glottolog ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areMinorityLanguagesIn | Nigeria ⓘ |
| arePartOf |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo language family
|
| areSpokenBy |
Idesa people
ⓘ
Oko people ⓘ Uro people ⓘ |
| areSpokenIn |
Federal Capital Territory
ⓘ
Kogi State ⓘ Nasarawa State ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| degreeOfRelatedness | closely related ⓘ |
| glottologCode | okoo1241 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Oko-Idesa-Uro ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Idesa language
ⓘ
Oko language ⓘ Uro language ⓘ |
| haveTypologicalFeature | tone languages ⓘ |
| haveWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo
|
| linguisticClassificationStatus | minor Niger-Congo subgroup ⓘ |
| region | central Nigeria ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Benue–Congo languages
ⓘ
Kainji languages ⓘ |
| 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: Oko languages Description of subject: Oko languages are a small group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Okun languages
this entity surface form:
Somorika language (Okpameri cluster)