Apma language
E603803
Apma language is an Oceanic language spoken primarily on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apma language canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6564546 — 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: Apma language Context triple: [Apma, hasAlternativeName, Apma language]
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A.
Amami language
The Amami language is a Ryukyuan language spoken in Japan’s Amami Islands, known for its endangered status and distinct phonology and grammar within the Japonic language family.
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B.
Apalaí language
The Apalaí language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Apalaí people of the Amazon region in northern Brazil.
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C.
Aka-Bea language
The Aka-Bea language is an extinct indigenous tongue once spoken by the Great Andamanese Aka-Bea people of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
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D.
Patamona language
The Patamona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Patamona people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana and northern Brazil.
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E.
Pokomo language
The Pokomo language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Pokomo people along Kenya’s Tana River.
- 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: Apma language Target entity description: Apma language is an Oceanic language spoken primarily on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu.
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A.
Amami language
The Amami language is a Ryukyuan language spoken in Japan’s Amami Islands, known for its endangered status and distinct phonology and grammar within the Japonic language family.
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B.
Apalaí language
The Apalaí language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Apalaí people of the Amazon region in northern Brazil.
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C.
Aka-Bea language
The Aka-Bea language is an extinct indigenous tongue once spoken by the Great Andamanese Aka-Bea people of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
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D.
Patamona language
The Patamona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Patamona people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana and northern Brazil.
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E.
Pokomo language
The Pokomo language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Pokomo people along Kenya’s Tana River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| country | Vanuatu ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Apma people ⓘ |
| glottologCode | apma1240 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Abma
ⓘ
Apma ⓘ Bwatvenua ⓘ Bwatvenua-Apma ⓘ Central Pentecost language ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Asuk dialect
ⓘ
Bwatvenua dialect ⓘ Loltong dialect ⓘ Melsisi dialect ⓘ Suru Kavian dialect ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
possessive classifiers
ⓘ
preposed articles ⓘ subject markers on verbs ⓘ verb serialization ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch | descriptive grammar and dictionary projects ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
distinction between short and long vowels ⓘ prenasalized stops ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | app ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| languageSubgroup |
North Vanuatu languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Vanuatu languages
Oceanic languages ⓘ Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| lexifierFor | local vernacular literacy materials on Pentecost Island ⓘ |
| macrolanguageOf | several dialects on Pentecost Island ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Raga language
ⓘ
Sa language ⓘ Seke language ⓘ Ske language ⓘ Sowa language ⓘ |
| region | Pentecost Island ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Oceania
ⓘ
Pentecost Island ⓘ Vanuatu ⓘ |
| spokenOn |
central Pentecost Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Pentecost Island
|
| usedFor |
church activities
ⓘ
community communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| usedIn | local education programs in Vanuatu ⓘ |
| 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: Apma language Description of subject: Apma language is an Oceanic language spoken primarily on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.