Custenau language
E618296
The Custenau language is an extinct Arawakan language once spoken in Brazil, classified within the Paresí–Xingu subgroup.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Custenau language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6776739 — 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: Custenau language Context triple: [Paresí–Xingu subgroup, hasMember, Custenau language]
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A.
Sabine language
The Sabine language was an extinct Italic tongue once spoken by the ancient Sabine people of central Italy, closely related to other Osco-Umbrian languages.
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B.
Padoe language
The Padoe language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Padoe people of Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is part of the broader South Sulawesi linguistic group.
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C.
Hoanya language
The Hoanya language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Hoanya people of western Taiwan and classified among the indigenous Formosan languages.
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D.
Sudovian language
The Sudovian language was an extinct Western Baltic tongue once spoken by the Sudovians (Yotvingians) in parts of present-day Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus.
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E.
Tête-de-Boule language
Tête-de-Boule language, more commonly known as Atikamekw, is an Algonquian Indigenous language spoken by the Atikamekw people of Quebec, Canada.
- 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: Custenau language Target entity description: The Custenau language is an extinct Arawakan language once spoken in Brazil, classified within the Paresí–Xingu subgroup.
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A.
Sabine language
The Sabine language was an extinct Italic tongue once spoken by the ancient Sabine people of central Italy, closely related to other Osco-Umbrian languages.
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B.
Padoe language
The Padoe language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Padoe people of Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is part of the broader South Sulawesi linguistic group.
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C.
Hoanya language
The Hoanya language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Hoanya people of western Taiwan and classified among the indigenous Formosan languages.
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D.
Sudovian language
The Sudovian language was an extinct Western Baltic tongue once spoken by the Sudovians (Yotvingians) in parts of present-day Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus.
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E.
Tête-de-Boule language
Tête-de-Boule language, more commonly known as Atikamekw, is an Algonquian Indigenous language spoken by the Atikamekw people of Quebec, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Custenau people ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | no known fluent speakers ⓘ |
| family |
Arawakan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Arawakan languages
|
| glottologCode | cuse1234 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kustenau
ⓘ
Kustenaú ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo | Brazil ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | N/A ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Northern Arawakan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Arawakan languages
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| languageFamily | Arawakan ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | Arawakan > Northern Arawakan > Paresí–Xingu > Custenau ⓘ |
| region | South America ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Paresí–Xingu languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Xingu Arawak languages
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| subgroup | Paresí–Xingu subgroup ⓘ |
| 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: Custenau language Description of subject: The Custenau language is an extinct Arawakan language once spoken in Brazil, classified within the Paresí–Xingu subgroup.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.