Khoe languages
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khoe languages canonical | 21 |
| Khoe language family | 2 |
| Khoi languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T415249 — 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: Khoe languages Context triple: [Khoisan languages, hasSubgroup, Khoe languages]
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A.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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B.
Muna–Buton languages
The Muna–Buton languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
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C.
Maban languages
Maban languages are a small group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan.
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D.
Taman languages
Taman languages are a small group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan.
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E.
Koman languages
The Koman languages are a small group of closely related, lesser-known languages spoken primarily along the Ethiopia–South Sudan border and classified within the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family.
- 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: Khoe languages Target entity description: 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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A.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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B.
Muna–Buton languages
The Muna–Buton languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
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C.
Maban languages
Maban languages are a small group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan.
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D.
Taman languages
Taman languages are a small group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan.
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E.
Koman languages
The Koman languages are a small group of closely related, lesser-known languages spoken primarily along the Ethiopia–South Sudan border and classified within the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Khoe–Kwadi
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| areClassifiedAs | genetically related group distinct from neighboring Bantu languages ⓘ |
| areContactWith |
Afrikaans
ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ German ⓘ
surface form:
German (in Namibia)
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| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areHistoricallyAssociatedWith | pastoralist communities in Southern Africa ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Khoisan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Khoisan languages
Khoisan languages ⓘ
surface form:
Khoekhoe languages
|
| hasCharacteristic |
complex pronominal system
ⓘ
rich system of noun morphology ⓘ tone ⓘ use of click consonants ⓘ verb–final tendencies in some varieties ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearchBy |
Anthony Traill
ⓘ
Rainer Vossen ⓘ Tom Güldemann ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticAlignment | largely nominative–accusative with some unusual agreement patterns ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
complex system of person–gender–number markers
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contrastive click types (dental, alveolar, lateral, palatal in some languages) ⓘ use of postpositions rather than prepositions in many languages ⓘ verb serialization in some languages ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | large consonant inventory including clicks and ejectives ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Eastern Kalahari Khoe
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Kalahari Khoe branch ⓘ Khoekhoe branch ⓘ Western Kalahari Khoe ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script (for several Khoe languages) ⓘ |
| includes |
Buga language
ⓘ
Damara language ⓘ Gǀui language ⓘ Gǁana language ⓘ Haiǁom language ⓘ Khoisan languages ⓘ
surface form:
Khoekhoegowab
Kxoe language ⓘ Nama language ⓘ Naro language ⓘ Shua language ⓘ Tshwa language ⓘ Tsʼixa language ⓘ ǁAni language ⓘ |
| partOf | Khoe–Kwadi language family ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Khoe peoples ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Botswana
ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Southern Africa ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Khoisan languages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Khoe languages Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Khoi languages
this entity surface form:
Khoe language family
this entity surface form:
Khoe language family