Tomini languages
E569521
The Tomini languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily along the northern coast of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tomini languages canonical | 5 |
| Tomini language | 2 |
| Tomi language | 1 |
| Tomini language group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6098959 — 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: Tomini languages Context triple: [Saluan language, neighboringLanguage, Tomini languages]
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A.
Tani languages
The Tani languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken primarily in Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining regions of Northeast India by various indigenous communities.
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B.
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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C.
Chimakuan languages
The Chimakuan languages are a small family of now-extinct Indigenous languages once spoken in the Pacific Northwest of North America, particularly on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.
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D.
Wintuan languages
Wintuan languages are a small family of Native American languages historically spoken in northern California, often grouped within the proposed Penutian phylum.
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E.
Semnani languages
Semnani languages are a small group of closely related Northwestern Iranian languages spoken primarily in Iran’s Semnan province, noted for preserving many archaic Iranian features.
- 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: Tomini languages Target entity description: The Tomini languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily along the northern coast of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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A.
Tani languages
The Tani languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken primarily in Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining regions of Northeast India by various indigenous communities.
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B.
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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C.
Chimakuan languages
The Chimakuan languages are a small family of now-extinct Indigenous languages once spoken in the Pacific Northwest of North America, particularly on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.
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D.
Wintuan languages
Wintuan languages are a small family of Native American languages historically spoken in northern California, often grouped within the proposed Penutian phylum.
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E.
Semnani languages
Semnani languages are a small group of closely related Northwestern Iranian languages spoken primarily in Iran’s Semnan province, noted for preserving many archaic Iranian features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealGrouping | Sulawesi languages ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Tolitoli languages
ⓘ
other Celebic languages ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| distribution | coastal communities of Tomini Bay ⓘ |
| geneticClassification |
Celebic languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tomini branch
ⓘ
Tomini group ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ampibabo language
ⓘ
Balaesang language ⓘ
linked to:
Batui language
Dampelas language ⓘ Dondo language ⓘ Moutong language ⓘ Pendau language ⓘ Taje language ⓘ Tialo language ⓘ Tinombo language ⓘ
linked to:
Kumbewaha language
Tomini language ⓘ
linked to:
Tomini languages
Tomoito language ⓘ |
| ISO639Scope | macrolanguage (family-level grouping, not a single ISO code) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Wallacea ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+8 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian language phylum
ⓘ
Tomini–Tolitoli languages ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Indonesia ⓘ |
| region |
Central Sulawesi
ⓘ
northern coast of Central Sulawesi ⓘ |
| spokenAlong | northern coast of Central Sulawesi ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central Sulawesi
ⓘ
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes
|
| subclassOf |
Austronesian language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
Celebic languages ⓘ |
| subjectOf | comparative-historical linguistic research ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
Austronesian alignment features
ⓘ
predominantly SVO word order ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| usedBy | Tomini ethnic groups ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
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: Tomini languages Description of subject: The Tomini languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily along the northern coast of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tomini languages
linked to: Tomini languages
linked to: Tomini languages
linked to: Tomini languages