Paitanic languages
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Paitanic languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in parts of Sabah, Malaysia, known for their close linguistic relationships and regional distribution within Borneo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paitanic languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6184704 — 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: Paitanic languages Context triple: [Southwest Sabahan languages, hasSubgroup, Paitanic languages]
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A.
Pearic languages
Pearic languages are a small, endangered branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by indigenous Pearic communities in Cambodia and nearby regions.
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B.
Tamanic languages
The Tamanic languages are a small subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken in parts of Borneo, known for their close relationship to other South Sulawesi–linked languages despite their geographic separation.
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C.
Palaungic languages
Palaungic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily by Palaung and related ethnic groups in parts of Myanmar, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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D.
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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E.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical 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: Paitanic languages Target entity description: Paitanic languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in parts of Sabah, Malaysia, known for their close linguistic relationships and regional distribution within Borneo.
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A.
Pearic languages
Pearic languages are a small, endangered branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by indigenous Pearic communities in Cambodia and nearby regions.
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B.
Tamanic languages
The Tamanic languages are a small subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken in parts of Borneo, known for their close relationship to other South Sulawesi–linked languages despite their geographic separation.
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C.
Palaungic languages
Palaungic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily by Palaung and related ethnic groups in parts of Myanmar, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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D.
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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E.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
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: Paitanic languages Description of subject: Paitanic languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in parts of Sabah, Malaysia, known for their close linguistic relationships and regional distribution within Borneo.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.