Kalis language
E632479
Kalis language is a lesser-known Austronesian language belonging to the Tamanic subgroup, spoken by a small community in Borneo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kalis language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6980895 — 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: Kalis language Context triple: [Tamanic languages, hasMember, Kalis language]
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A.
Kalinga language
The Kalinga language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalinga people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
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B.
Hanunoo language
The Hanunoo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Hanunoo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines, notable for its indigenous syllabic script and rich oral poetic tradition.
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C.
Kalanguya language
The Kalanguya language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Luzon highlands of the Philippines.
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D.
Kalao language
The Kalao language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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E.
Kalinago language
The Kalinago language is an extinct Cariban language once spoken by the indigenous Kalinago (Island Carib) people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.
- 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: Kalis language Target entity description: Kalis language is a lesser-known Austronesian language belonging to the Tamanic subgroup, spoken by a small community in Borneo.
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A.
Kalinga language
The Kalinga language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalinga people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
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B.
Hanunoo language
The Hanunoo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Hanunoo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines, notable for its indigenous syllabic script and rich oral poetic tradition.
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C.
Kalanguya language
The Kalanguya language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Luzon highlands of the Philippines.
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D.
Kalao language
The Kalao language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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E.
Kalinago language
The Kalinago language is an extinct Cariban language once spoken by the indigenous Kalinago (Island Carib) people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Tamanic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | underdescribed ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| family |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| hasAlternativeName | Kalis ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages | other Tamanic languages ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Borneo ⓘ |
| ISO639Status | no ISO 639-3 code (as of 2024) ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Tamanic branch of Austronesian ⓘ |
| isSpokenBy | Kalis-speaking community ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | small community ⓘ |
| region | Borneo ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Borneo
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ |
| status | lesser-known ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Tamanic languages ⓘ |
| subgroup | Tamanic subgroup ⓘ |
| typologicalArea | Bornean languages ⓘ |
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: Kalis language Description of subject: Kalis language is a lesser-known Austronesian language belonging to the Tamanic subgroup, spoken by a small community in Borneo.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.