Western Indo-Aryan languages
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Western Indo-Aryan languages are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken primarily in western parts of the Indian subcontinent, including varieties such as Gujarati, Rajasthani, and related regional languages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western Indo-Aryan languages canonical | 13 |
| Western Indo-Aryan | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5504819 — 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: Western Indo-Aryan languages Context triple: [Bhili languages, subclassOf, Western Indo-Aryan languages]
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A.
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken mainly in eastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, including major languages such as Bengali, Assamese, and Odia.
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B.
Northern Indo-Aryan languages
Northern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Dogri, Kashmiri, and Punjabi.
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C.
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Sindhi, Punjabi, and Lahnda.
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D.
Central Indo-Aryan languages
Central Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family, primarily spoken in northern and central India and including major languages such as Hindi and Urdu.
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E.
Southern Indo-Aryan languages
Southern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken primarily in western and central India and including varieties such as Marathi, Konkani, and related regional dialects.
- 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: Western Indo-Aryan languages Target entity description: Western Indo-Aryan languages are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken primarily in western parts of the Indian subcontinent, including varieties such as Gujarati, Rajasthani, and related regional languages.
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A.
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken mainly in eastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, including major languages such as Bengali, Assamese, and Odia.
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B.
Northern Indo-Aryan languages
Northern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Dogri, Kashmiri, and Punjabi.
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C.
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Sindhi, Punjabi, and Lahnda.
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D.
Central Indo-Aryan languages
Central Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family, primarily spoken in northern and central India and including major languages such as Hindi and Urdu.
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E.
Southern Indo-Aryan languages
Southern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken primarily in western and central India and including varieties such as Marathi, Konkani, and related regional dialects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan languages subgroup
ⓘ
language branch ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Central Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | primarily western India and southeastern Pakistan ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ahirani language
ⓘ
Ahirwati language ⓘ Bagri Rajasthani language ⓘ Bagri language ⓘ
linked to:
Gojri
Bhili language ⓘ
linked to:
Bhili languages
Bhili languages ⓘ Bhili–Khandeshi subgroup ⓘ Bhilori language ⓘ Chodri language ⓘ Dhatki language ⓘ Dhundhari language ⓘ
linked to:
Dhundari language
Gamit language ⓘ Goan Konkani dialects of Gujarati influence ⓘ Gujarati language ⓘ Gujari language ⓘ Harauti language ⓘ Haryanvi language ⓘ Kachi Koli language ⓘ Khandeshi language ⓘ Khandeshi languages ⓘ
linked to:
Khandeshi language
Kutchi language ⓘ Lambadi language ⓘ Loarki language ⓘ Malvi language ⓘ Marwari language ⓘ Merwari language ⓘ
linked to:
Mewari language
Mewari language ⓘ Mewati language ⓘ Nimadi language ⓘ
linked to:
Ahirani language
Parkari Koli language ⓘ
linked to:
Koli languages
Rajasthani languages ⓘ Rajasthani–Marwari subgroup ⓘ Sansibari language ⓘ Saurashtra language ⓘ
linked to:
Sourashtra language
Saurashtra–Gujarati subgroup ⓘ Shekhawati language ⓘ
linked to:
Shekhawati dialect
Wagdi language ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
often preserve three-gender systems in many varieties
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share lexical items across Gujarati and Rajasthani zones ⓘ share phonological innovations distinct from Central Indo-Aryan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indo-Aryan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Aryan languages
|
| spokenIn |
Gujarat
ⓘ
Haryana ⓘ India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Punjab region ⓘ
linked to:
Punjab
Rajasthan ⓘ Sindh ⓘ western Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Devanagari script (for several Rajasthani and Bhili varieties)
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Gujarati script (for Gujarati and related varieties) ⓘ Perso-Arabic script (for some Pakistani varieties) ⓘ |
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: Western Indo-Aryan languages Description of subject: Western Indo-Aryan languages are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken primarily in western parts of the Indian subcontinent, including varieties such as Gujarati, Rajasthani, and related regional languages.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Western Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Western Indo-Aryan languages
linked to: Western Indo-Aryan languages