Mailuan languages
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The Mailuan languages are a small group of closely related Papuan languages spoken in southeastern Papua New Guinea, forming one branch of the broader Papuan Tip linguistic area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mailuan languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6786846 — 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: Mailuan languages Context triple: [Papuan Tip linkage, hasSubgroup, Mailuan languages]
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A.
Edoid languages
The Edoid languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southern Nigeria, including the language of the Urhobo people.
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B.
Irminonic languages
Irminonic languages are a branch of the West Germanic language family that includes High German varieties such as Standard German and Yiddish.
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C.
Maipurean languages
The Maipurean languages are a major branch of the Arawakan language family, historically spoken across large areas of northern South America and the Caribbean.
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D.
Sabellic languages
The Sabellic languages are an extinct group of closely related Italic languages once spoken in central and southern Italy, distinct from Latin and including varieties such as Oscan and Umbrian.
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E.
Ellicean languages
Ellicean languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in parts of Polynesia, including Tuvalu and surrounding island regions.
- 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: Mailuan languages Target entity description: The Mailuan languages are a small group of closely related Papuan languages spoken in southeastern Papua New Guinea, forming one branch of the broader Papuan Tip linguistic area.
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A.
Edoid languages
The Edoid languages are a group of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southern Nigeria, including the language of the Urhobo people.
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B.
Irminonic languages
Irminonic languages are a branch of the West Germanic language family that includes High German varieties such as Standard German and Yiddish.
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C.
Maipurean languages
The Maipurean languages are a major branch of the Arawakan language family, historically spoken across large areas of northern South America and the Caribbean.
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D.
Sabellic languages
The Sabellic languages are an extinct group of closely related Italic languages once spoken in central and southern Italy, distinct from Latin and including varieties such as Oscan and Umbrian.
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E.
Ellicean languages
Ellicean languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in parts of Polynesia, including Tuvalu and surrounding island regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealFeature | contact with Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| arealGrouping | Papuan Tip linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| geneticClassification |
Papuan
ⓘ
Trans–New Guinea (proposed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | mail1243 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Mailuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bara language (Papua New Guinea)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Domu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Laua language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mailu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Morawa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | small family ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Papuan Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macroFamilyHypothesis | Papuan Tip family (proposed higher-level grouping) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguageFamily | Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Papuan Tip languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | southeastern Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Papuan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature | mostly SOV word order ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Central Province (Papua New Guinea)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Milne Bay Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mailuan languages Description of subject: The Mailuan languages are a small group of closely related Papuan languages spoken in southeastern Papua New Guinea, forming one branch of the broader Papuan Tip linguistic area.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.