Bobo–Bozo languages
E643329
The Bobo–Bozo languages are a small subgroup of the Mande branch of the Niger–Congo language family, spoken primarily in parts of Burkina Faso and Mali.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bobo language | 1 |
| Bobo–Bozo languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7131618 — 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: Bobo–Bozo languages Context triple: [Mande, hasLanguage, Bobo–Bozo languages]
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A.
Bantoid languages
The Bantoid languages are a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family that includes the widespread Bantu languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.
Beti-Fang languages
Beti-Fang languages are a cluster of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon by Beti and Fang peoples.
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C.
Torres–Banks languages
The Torres–Banks languages are a group of closely related Oceanic languages spoken in the Torres and Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu.
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D.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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E.
Tamanic languages
The Tamanic languages are a small subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken in parts of Borneo, known for their close relationship to other South Sulawesi–linked languages despite their geographic separation.
- 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: Bobo–Bozo languages Target entity description: The Bobo–Bozo languages are a small subgroup of the Mande branch of the Niger–Congo language family, spoken primarily in parts of Burkina Faso and Mali.
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A.
Bantoid languages
The Bantoid languages are a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family that includes the widespread Bantu languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.
Beti-Fang languages
Beti-Fang languages are a cluster of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon by Beti and Fang peoples.
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C.
Torres–Banks languages
The Torres–Banks languages are a group of closely related Oceanic languages spoken in the Torres and Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu.
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D.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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E.
Tamanic languages
The Tamanic languages are a small subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken in parts of Borneo, known for their close relationship to other South Sulawesi–linked languages despite their geographic separation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mande language subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Bobo–Bozo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arealGroup |
Mande languages of Burkina Faso
ⓘ
Mande languages of Mali ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| geneticClassificationLevel | subgroup ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bobo language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bozo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Mande NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mande branch
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Inland West Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Mande languages ⓘ |
| typologicalArea | West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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: Bobo–Bozo languages Description of subject: The Bobo–Bozo languages are a small subgroup of the Mande branch of the Niger–Congo language family, spoken primarily in parts of Burkina Faso and Mali.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bobo language