Opokuma language
E407512
The Opokuma language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Opokuma subgroup of the Ijaw people in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Opokuma language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4005756 — 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: Opokuma language Context triple: [Ijaw languages, hasMember, Opokuma language]
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A.
Opata language
The Opata language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico, particularly in the present-day state of Sonora.
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B.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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C.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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D.
Mikasuki language
The Mikasuki language is a Native American Muskogean language traditionally spoken by the Miccosukee and Seminole peoples of Florida.
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E.
Kitanemuk language
The Kitanemuk language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Kitanemuk people of Southern California.
- 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: Opokuma language Target entity description: The Opokuma language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Opokuma subgroup of the Ijaw people in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.
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A.
Opata language
The Opata language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico, particularly in the present-day state of Sonora.
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B.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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C.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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D.
Mikasuki language
The Mikasuki language is a Native American Muskogean language traditionally spoken by the Miccosukee and Seminole peoples of Florida.
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E.
Kitanemuk language
The Kitanemuk language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Kitanemuk people of Southern California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ijaw language
ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToBranch |
Ijo–Defaka
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Ijo
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kalabari language
ⓘ
Kolokuma language ⓘ Nembe language ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ijaw people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Opokuma Ijaw
ⓘ
Opokuma Izon ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Ijaw ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | opok1238 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | opa ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Niger Delta linguistic area ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Ijaw
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo
|
| region | Bayelsa State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Opokuma people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Opokuma subgroup of the Ijaw people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Niger Delta
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Ijaw languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV word order (tendency)
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local oral tradition
ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| 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: Opokuma language Description of subject: The Opokuma language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Opokuma subgroup of the Ijaw people in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.