Tboli language
E597409
Tboli is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tboli people of South Cotabato in Mindanao, Philippines.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tboli language canonical | 15 |
| Tboli–Blaan languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6358108 — 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: Tboli language Context triple: [Proto-Philippine language, hasDescendant, Tboli language]
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A.
Butuanon language
The Butuanon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in and around Butuan City in Mindanao, Philippines.
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B.
Balangao language
The Balangao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Balangao people in the Mountain Province of the northern Philippines.
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C.
Bontok language
The Bontok language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bontok people of the Mountain Province in the northern Philippines, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct dialects.
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D.
Bolinao language
The Bolinao language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the town of Bolinao in Pangasinan, Philippines, and is closely associated with the Sambalic subgroup of Philippine languages.
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E.
Ibaloy language
The Ibaloy language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ibaloy people of Benguet in the northern Philippines, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct phonology within the Cordilleran highlands.
- 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: Tboli language Target entity description: Tboli is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tboli people of South Cotabato in Mindanao, Philippines.
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A.
Butuanon language
The Butuanon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in and around Butuan City in Mindanao, Philippines.
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B.
Balangao language
The Balangao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Balangao people in the Mountain Province of the northern Philippines.
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C.
Bontok language
The Bontok language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bontok people of the Mountain Province in the northern Philippines, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct dialects.
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D.
Bolinao language
The Bolinao language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the town of Bolinao in Pangasinan, Philippines, and is closely associated with the Sambalic subgroup of Philippine languages.
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E.
Ibaloy language
The Ibaloy language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ibaloy people of Benguet in the northern Philippines, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct phonology within the Cordilleran highlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tagabili
ⓘ
Tagabili’ ⓘ Tboli’ ⓘ Tiboli ⓘ Tiboli’ ⓘ
linked to:
Tiboli
T’boli ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
home communication among Tboli people
ⓘ
local cultural practices ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Tboli ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | tbol1240 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Tboli ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
Austronesian alignment
ⓘ
voice system typical of Philippine languages ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | tbl ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Cebuano language
ⓘ
Hiligaynon language ⓘ Tagalog language ⓘ
linked to:
Tagalog
|
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
South Mindanao linguistic area
ⓘ
linked to:
South Mindanao languages
|
| isSpokenByPopulationGroup | indigenous people of South Cotabato ⓘ |
| isSpokenNear | Lake Sebu ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | linguistic description studies ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | some local schools in South Cotabato ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Blaan language
ⓘ
Cebuano language ⓘ Hiligaynon language ⓘ |
| region | Soccsksargen ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Tboli people
ⓘ
linked to:
T'boli people
|
| spokenIn |
Mindanao
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ South Cotabato ⓘ |
| status | minority language in the Philippines ⓘ |
| subfamily | South Mindanao languages ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Tboli epic chants
ⓘ
Tboli ritual songs ⓘ oral tradition of Tboli people ⓘ |
| usesScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| 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: Tboli language Description of subject: Tboli is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tboli people of South Cotabato in Mindanao, Philippines.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tboli language