Kangri language
E536085
Kangri language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh, India, and surrounding areas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kangri language canonical | 12 |
| Kangri language continuum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5554074 — 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: Kangri language Context triple: [Takri script, usedForLanguage, Kangri language]
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A.
Kangjia language
The Kangjia language is a lesser-known Mongolic language spoken by the Kangjia people in parts of northwestern China.
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B.
Kharia language
Kharia language is a Munda language spoken primarily by the Kharia people in eastern India, especially in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.
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C.
Kalasha language
The Kalasha language is an endangered Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Kalash people in the remote valleys of Chitral District in northern Pakistan.
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D.
Baigani language
Baigani language is an indigenous Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Baiga people of central India, particularly in parts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
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E.
Khamti language
The Khamti language is a Tai-Kadai language spoken primarily by the Khamti people in parts of northeastern India and northern Myanmar, closely related to other Southwestern Tai languages like Thai and Lao.
- 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: Kangri language Target entity description: Kangri language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh, India, and surrounding areas.
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A.
Kangjia language
The Kangjia language is a lesser-known Mongolic language spoken by the Kangjia people in parts of northwestern China.
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B.
Kharia language
Kharia language is a Munda language spoken primarily by the Kharia people in eastern India, especially in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.
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C.
Kalasha language
The Kalasha language is an endangered Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Kalash people in the remote valleys of Chitral District in northern Pakistan.
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D.
Baigani language
Baigani language is an indigenous Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Baiga people of central India, particularly in parts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
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E.
Khamti language
The Khamti language is a Tai-Kadai language spoken primarily by the Khamti people in parts of northeastern India and northern Myanmar, closely related to other Southwestern Tai languages like Thai and Lao.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
New Indo-Aryan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bilaspuri language
ⓘ
Dogri language ⓘ Hindko language ⓘ
linked to:
Hindko
Kullu Pahari language ⓘ
linked to:
Western Pahari language
Mandeali language ⓘ Punjabi language ⓘ |
| consideredBySomeAsDialectOf |
Dogri language
ⓘ
linked to:
Dogri
Punjabi language ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kangra Pahari
ⓘ
Kangri Dogri ⓘ Kangri Pahari ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Kangri ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | kang1280 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Kangri ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | xnr ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
ergative alignment in past transitive constructions
ⓘ
postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between aspirated and unaspirated stops
ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Devanagari script
ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ Takri script ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-Aryan
ⓘ
Indo-European ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
Indo-Iranian ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Iranian languages
Western Pahari ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indo-Aryan branch
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family ⓘ Indo-Iranian branch ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Iranian languages
|
| region |
Kangra region
ⓘ
linked to:
Kangra district
Western Himalayas ⓘ
linked to:
western Himalayas
|
| scriptCurrentlyUsed | Devanagari script ⓘ |
| scriptHistoricallyUsed | Takri script ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Hamirpur district
ⓘ
Himachal Pradesh ⓘ India ⓘ Kangra Valley ⓘ Kangra district ⓘ Mandi district ⓘ Una district ⓘ parts of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh ⓘ parts of Gurdaspur district, Punjab ⓘ parts of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab ⓘ parts of Jammu region, Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ parts of Pathankot region ⓘ parts of Punjab, India ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Indo-European language
ⓘ
Pahari language ⓘ
linked to:
Pahari languages
Western Pahari language ⓘ |
| usedBy | Kangri people ⓘ |
| usedFor |
folk songs
ⓘ
folklore ⓘ local theatre ⓘ oral communication ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Kangri language Description of subject: Kangri language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh, India, and surrounding areas.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kangri language