Vaeakau-Taumako language
E487760
The Vaeakau-Taumako language is a Polynesian Outlier language spoken primarily in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, known for preserving many archaic features of Proto-Polynesian.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vaeakau-Taumako language canonical | 2 |
| Nukumanu language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5037237 — 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: Vaeakau-Taumako language Context triple: [Temotu languages, hasMember, Vaeakau-Taumako language]
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A.
Rarotongan language
The Rarotongan language is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken primarily on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and often considered the prestige dialect of Cook Islands Māori.
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B.
Nukulaelae dialect
The Nukulaelae dialect is a regional variety of the Tuvaluan (Ellicean) language spoken primarily on Nukulaelae Atoll in Tuvalu.
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C.
Pukapukan language
The Pukapukan language is a Polynesian language spoken primarily on Pukapuka Atoll in the Cook Islands, known for its distinct dialectal features and cultural significance to the local community.
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D.
Kapingamarangi language
The Kapingamarangi language is a Polynesian outlier language spoken primarily on Kapingamarangi Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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E.
Waihonga language
The Waihonga language is a lesser-known Austronesian language of the Bima–Sumba subgroup spoken on or near the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
- 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: Vaeakau-Taumako language Target entity description: The Vaeakau-Taumako language is a Polynesian Outlier language spoken primarily in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, known for preserving many archaic features of Proto-Polynesian.
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A.
Rarotongan language
The Rarotongan language is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken primarily on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and often considered the prestige dialect of Cook Islands Māori.
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B.
Nukulaelae dialect
The Nukulaelae dialect is a regional variety of the Tuvaluan (Ellicean) language spoken primarily on Nukulaelae Atoll in Tuvalu.
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C.
Pukapukan language
The Pukapukan language is a Polynesian language spoken primarily on Pukapuka Atoll in the Cook Islands, known for its distinct dialectal features and cultural significance to the local community.
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D.
Kapingamarangi language
The Kapingamarangi language is a Polynesian outlier language spoken primarily on Kapingamarangi Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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E.
Waihonga language
The Waihonga language is a lesser-known Austronesian language of the Bima–Sumba subgroup spoken on or near the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Polynesian Outlier language ⓘ Polynesian language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| country | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| glottocode | vaea1237 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Vaeakau-Taumako ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Duff Islands language
ⓘ
Pileni ⓘ Pileni (Vaeakau-Taumako) ⓘ Taumako ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Austronesian
ⓘ
Proto-Oceanic ⓘ
linked to:
Proto-Oceanic language
Proto-Polynesian ⓘ
linked to:
Proto-Polynesian language
|
| hasDomain | indigenous language of Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| hasNeighbouringLanguage |
Anuta language
ⓘ
Tikopia language ⓘ Äiwoo language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
five-vowel system ⓘ simple consonant inventory typical of Polynesian ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
dual number ⓘ inclusive–exclusive first person plural distinction ⓘ plural number ⓘ prepositional phrase structure ⓘ trial number ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | piv ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Temotu languages area
ⓘ
linked to:
Temotu languages
|
| languageFamily |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
linked to:
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Oceanic ⓘ Polynesian ⓘ |
| preservesFeatureOf |
Proto-Polynesian lexicon
ⓘ
Proto-Polynesian morphology ⓘ
linked to:
Proto-Polynesian phonology
Proto-Polynesian phonology ⓘ |
| region |
Polynesian Outliers
ⓘ
linked to:
Polynesian outliers
|
| spokenIn |
Solomon Islands
ⓘ
Taumako Islands ⓘ Temotu Province ⓘ Vaeakau (Duff Islands) ⓘ
linked to:
Duff Islands
|
| subclassOf |
Oceanic language
ⓘ
Polynesian subgroup of Oceanic ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup |
Taumako people
ⓘ
Vaeakau people ⓘ |
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: Vaeakau-Taumako language Description of subject: The Vaeakau-Taumako language is a Polynesian Outlier language spoken primarily in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, known for preserving many archaic features of Proto-Polynesian.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Vaeakau-Taumako language