Yao language
E570024
The Yao language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Yao people in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yao language canonical | 10 |
| Yao languages | 8 |
| Yao language (T20) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6120412 — 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: Yao language Context triple: [Yao, hasAlternativeName, Yao language]
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A.
Tai Khamyang language
The Tai Khamyang language is an endangered Southwestern Tai language spoken by the Khamyang ethnic community in parts of Northeast India, notable for its close relation to other Tai languages of the region and its ongoing revitalization efforts.
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B.
Kaili language
The Kaili language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its multiple dialects and role as a regional lingua franca.
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C.
Jiarong language
The Jiarong language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Rgyalrong (Jiarong) people of Sichuan, China, noted for its complex phonology and morphology.
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D.
Jingpo language
The Jingpo language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Jingpo (Kachin) people in northern Myanmar and adjacent regions of China and India.
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E.
Tai Lue language
Tai Lue is a Southwestern Tai language spoken primarily by the Tai Lue people in parts of China, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam, known for its own traditional script and close relation to other Tai languages.
- 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: Yao language Target entity description: The Yao language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Yao people in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.
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A.
Tai Khamyang language
The Tai Khamyang language is an endangered Southwestern Tai language spoken by the Khamyang ethnic community in parts of Northeast India, notable for its close relation to other Tai languages of the region and its ongoing revitalization efforts.
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B.
Kaili language
The Kaili language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its multiple dialects and role as a regional lingua franca.
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C.
Jiarong language
The Jiarong language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Rgyalrong (Jiarong) people of Sichuan, China, noted for its complex phonology and morphology.
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D.
Jingpo language
The Jingpo language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Jingpo (Kachin) people in northern Myanmar and adjacent regions of China and India.
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E.
Tai Lue language
Tai Lue is a Southwestern Tai language spoken primarily by the Tai Lue people in parts of China, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam, known for its own traditional script and close relation to other Tai languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Benue–Congo languages ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Republic of Malawi
ⓘ
linked to:
Malawi
Republic of Mozambique ⓘ
linked to:
Mozambique
United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ
linked to:
Tanzania
|
| ethnicGroup | Yao people ⓘ |
| glottologCode | yaoo1241 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Achiyawo
ⓘ
Adsawa ⓘ Ajawa ⓘ Ayawa ⓘ Chiyao ⓘ Ciyao ⓘ Hyao ⓘ Jao ⓘ Kiyao ⓘ Wayao ⓘ Yao (Bantu) ⓘ Yawo ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Malawi Yao
ⓘ
Mozambique Yao ⓘ
linked to:
Malawi Yao
Tanzania Yao ⓘ |
| hasGrammarFeature | subject–verb–object basic word order ⓘ |
| hasLinguasphereCode | 99-AUS-ml ⓘ |
| hasNounClasses | multiple grammatical noun classes ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (in some dialects)
ⓘ
prenasalized consonants ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | yao ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Bantu languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Chewa
ⓘ
linked to:
Chichewa
Makhuwa ⓘ Swahili ⓘ
linked to:
Swahili language
|
| region | Southeastern Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Malawi
ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Nyasa languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Sena–Nyanja languages
|
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Yao communities in Malawi
ⓘ
Yao communities in Mozambique ⓘ Yao communities in Tanzania ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local trade communication in Yao areas
ⓘ
traditional Yao oral literature ⓘ |
| 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: Yao language Description of subject: The Yao language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Yao people in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yao language
linked to: Yao language
linked to: Yao language
linked to: Yao language
linked to: Yao language