Pangcah language
E574283
The Pangcah language, more widely known as Amis, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Amis (Pangcah) indigenous people of eastern Taiwan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pangcah language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6184367 — 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: Pangcah language Context triple: [Amis language, hasAlternativeName, Pangcah language]
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A.
Nanggu language
The Nanggu language is an Oceanic language spoken in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, known for its role in the highly diverse Temotu linguistic subgroup.
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B.
Kedayan language
The Kedayan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kedayan people of Brunei, Sabah, and parts of Borneo, closely related to Malay and other Greater North Borneo languages.
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C.
Banggai language
The Banggai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Banggai people in the Banggai Islands and nearby coastal areas of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
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E.
Kaidipang language
The Kaidipang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kaidipang people in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- 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: Pangcah language Target entity description: The Pangcah language, more widely known as Amis, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Amis (Pangcah) indigenous people of eastern Taiwan.
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A.
Nanggu language
The Nanggu language is an Oceanic language spoken in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, known for its role in the highly diverse Temotu linguistic subgroup.
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B.
Kedayan language
The Kedayan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kedayan people of Brunei, Sabah, and parts of Borneo, closely related to Malay and other Greater North Borneo languages.
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C.
Banggai language
The Banggai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Banggai people in the Banggai Islands and nearby coastal areas of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
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E.
Kaidipang language
The Kaidipang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kaidipang people in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Amis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amis language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Republic of China ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | amis1246 ⓘ |
| hasBibleTranslation | partial Bible translations in Amis ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Central Amis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malikuda Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ Tavalong-Vata’an Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
Austronesian alignment system
ⓘ
voice-marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
radio and media programs in Amis ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | urban Amis migrants in Taiwanese cities ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | predicate-initial word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ami ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Formosan indigenous languages of Taiwan ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | some elementary schools in Taiwan ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarityWith | other Formosan Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Amis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pangcah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Hualien County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taitung County NERFINISHED ⓘ Yilan County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatingBody | Council of Indigenous Peoples (Taiwan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Amis people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pangcah people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Taiwan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Formosan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
Mandarin Chinese dominance
ⓘ
language shift to Mandarin among younger speakers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Amis communities
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| usedIn | indigenous cultural festivals in Taiwan ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
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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: Pangcah language Description of subject: The Pangcah language, more widely known as Amis, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Amis (Pangcah) indigenous people of eastern Taiwan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.