Murutic languages
E536158
The Murutic languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Murut and neighboring indigenous communities in northern Borneo, especially in Sabah, Malaysia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Murutic languages canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5575434 — 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: Murutic languages Context triple: [Bornean languages, hasSubgroup, Murutic languages]
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A.
Dusunic languages
The Dusunic languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Dusun and related ethnic groups in northern Borneo, especially in the Malaysian state of Sabah.
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B.
Dhegihan languages
The Dhegihan languages are a subgroup of the Siouan language family traditionally spoken by several Native American tribes of the central United States, including the Omaha, Ponca, Osage, Kansa, and Quapaw.
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C.
Katuic languages
Katuic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Laos, Vietnam, and neighboring regions by various indigenous ethnic groups.
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D.
Yuin–Kuric languages
The Yuin–Kuric languages are a subgroup of Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken in southeastern Australia, including the language of the Wiradjuri people.
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E.
Illyrian language
The Illyrian language was an extinct Indo-European language once spoken by the ancient Illyrian peoples in the western Balkans, known primarily from sparse onomastic and epigraphic evidence.
- 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: Murutic languages Target entity description: The Murutic languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Murut and neighboring indigenous communities in northern Borneo, especially in Sabah, Malaysia.
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A.
Dusunic languages
The Dusunic languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Dusun and related ethnic groups in northern Borneo, especially in the Malaysian state of Sabah.
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B.
Dhegihan languages
The Dhegihan languages are a subgroup of the Siouan language family traditionally spoken by several Native American tribes of the central United States, including the Omaha, Ponca, Osage, Kansa, and Quapaw.
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C.
Katuic languages
Katuic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Laos, Vietnam, and neighboring regions by various indigenous ethnic groups.
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D.
Yuin–Kuric languages
The Yuin–Kuric languages are a subgroup of Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken in southeastern Australia, including the language of the Wiradjuri people.
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E.
Illyrian language
The Illyrian language was an extinct Indo-European language once spoken by the ancient Illyrian peoples in the western Balkans, known primarily from sparse onomastic and epigraphic evidence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealFeatureOf | Borneo linguistic area ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
interior regions of Sabah
ⓘ
interior regions of northern Borneo ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bookan Murut language
ⓘ
linked to:
Murut language
Kemaloh language ⓘ Keningau Murut language ⓘ
linked to:
Murut language
Long Bawan language ⓘ Long Merarap language ⓘ Long Mio language ⓘ Long Pasia language ⓘ Long Semadoh language ⓘ Long Sukang language ⓘ Long Tengoa language ⓘ Lun Bawang language ⓘ Lun Dayeh language ⓘ Lundayeh language ⓘ Okolod language ⓘ Paluan language ⓘ Selungai Murut language ⓘ
linked to:
Murut language
Sembakung Murut language ⓘ Tagol Murut language ⓘ Timugon Murut language ⓘ
linked to:
Murut language
Trusan language ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
| languageBranchOf |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| memberOf |
Austronesian language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| partOf |
Austronesian language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| region |
Island Southeast Asia
ⓘ
linked to:
Malay Archipelago
|
| relatedTo |
Dusunic languages
ⓘ
Paitanic languages ⓘ Southwest Sabahan languages ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Lun Bawang people
ⓘ
Lundayeh people ⓘ Murut people ⓘ neighboring indigenous communities of northern Borneo ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brunei
ⓘ
linked to:
Brunei Darussalam
Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ North Kalimantan ⓘ Sabah ⓘ Sarawak ⓘ northern Borneo ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
North Bornean languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater North Borneo languages
Sabahan languages ⓘ |
| typologically | mostly agglutinative ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO-dominant ⓘ |
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: Murutic languages Description of subject: The Murutic languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Murut and neighboring indigenous communities in northern Borneo, especially in Sabah, Malaysia.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.