Kalaw Lagaw Ya
E365528
Kalaw Lagaw Ya is an Australian Indigenous language of the Western and Central Torres Strait, notable for its complex grammar and long-standing contact with neighboring Papuan and Aboriginal languages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kalaw Lagaw Ya canonical | 2 |
| Kalaw Kawaw Ya | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3515312 — 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: Kalaw Lagaw Ya Context triple: [Torres Strait Islanders, hasLanguage, Kalaw Lagaw Ya]
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A.
Hkakabo Razi
Hkakabo Razi is a remote, glaciated mountain in northern Myanmar that is widely regarded as the highest peak in Southeast Asia.
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B.
SG̱ang Gwaay
SG̱ang Gwaay is an ancient Haida village site in British Columbia renowned for its well-preserved totem poles and longhouses and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Hanunoo
Hanunoo is an indigenous Philippine script traditionally used by the Hanunó'o Mangyan people of Mindoro to write their Austronesian language.
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D.
Biag ni Lam-ang
Biag ni Lam-ang is a renowned Ilocano epic poem from the Philippines that recounts the heroic adventures and extraordinary life of the warrior Lam-ang.
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E.
Gwarinpa
Gwarinpa is a large, planned residential district in Abuja, Nigeria, known for its extensive housing estates and relatively well-organized urban layout.
- 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: Kalaw Lagaw Ya Target entity description: Kalaw Lagaw Ya is an Australian Indigenous language of the Western and Central Torres Strait, notable for its complex grammar and long-standing contact with neighboring Papuan and Aboriginal languages.
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A.
Hkakabo Razi
Hkakabo Razi is a remote, glaciated mountain in northern Myanmar that is widely regarded as the highest peak in Southeast Asia.
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B.
SG̱ang Gwaay
SG̱ang Gwaay is an ancient Haida village site in British Columbia renowned for its well-preserved totem poles and longhouses and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Hanunoo
Hanunoo is an indigenous Philippine script traditionally used by the Hanunó'o Mangyan people of Mindoro to write their Austronesian language.
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D.
Biag ni Lam-ang
Biag ni Lam-ang is a renowned Ilocano epic poem from the Philippines that recounts the heroic adventures and extraordinary life of the warrior Lam-ang.
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E.
Gwarinpa
Gwarinpa is a large, planned residential district in Abuja, Nigeria, known for its extensive housing estates and relatively well-organized urban layout.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Indigenous language
ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kala Lagaw Ya
ⓘ
surface form:
Kala Lagau Ya
Kala Lagaw Ya ⓘ Kalaw Lagaw Ya language ⓘ Western Torres Strait language ⓘ |
| hasContactWith |
Aboriginal Australian languages
ⓘ
Trans–New Guinea languages ⓘ
surface form:
Papuan languages
|
| hasDialect |
Kala Lagaw Ya
ⓘ
Kalaw Lagaw Ya (western dialect) ⓘ Kaurareg ⓘ Kala Lagaw Ya ⓘ
surface form:
Kulkalgau Ya
|
| hasGlottocode | kala1378 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Kala Lagaw Ya ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | mwp ⓘ |
| hasLinguasphereCode | 30-FAE-a ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
English
ⓘ
Mabuiag Island languages ⓘ Papuan languages ⓘ Yolŋu languages ⓘ
surface form:
Yolngu languages
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
case marking on nouns ⓘ complex verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
community language programs
ⓘ
school-based language teaching in Torres Strait ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulationStatus | declining number of fluent speakers ⓘ |
| hasStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
relatively free word order
ⓘ
use of case to mark grammatical relations ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isDocumentedIn | grammars by linguists such as R. M. W. Dixon ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Kuuk Thaayorre
ⓘ
Yir-Yoront ⓘ other Paman languages ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Southwestern Paman ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Pama–Nyungan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Pama–Nyungan
|
| region | Torres Strait ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Torres Strait
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Torres Strait
Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Western Torres Strait
|
| subclassOf |
Torres Strait Creole
ⓘ
surface form:
Torres Strait Island language
|
| usedFor |
cultural and ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
daily communication in Western Torres Strait communities ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kalaw Lagaw Ya Description of subject: Kalaw Lagaw Ya is an Australian Indigenous language of the Western and Central Torres Strait, notable for its complex grammar and long-standing contact with neighboring Papuan and Aboriginal languages.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kalaw Kawaw Ya