Proto-Celebic language
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Proto-Celebic language is a reconstructed ancestral Austronesian language that gave rise to the Celebic subgroup of languages spoken primarily on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proto-Celebic language canonical | 7 |
| Proto-Celebic | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7194831 — 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: Proto-Celebic language Context triple: [Bambam language, hasAncestor, Proto-Celebic language]
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A.
Barbacoan languages
The Barbacoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in Colombia and Ecuador, known for their complex phonology and close association with the Andean and northwestern South American cultural area.
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B.
Tucanoan languages
The Tucanoan languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in the northwestern Amazon Basin of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru, known for complex evidentiality systems and extensive multilingualism among their speakers.
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C.
Pearic languages
Pearic languages are a small, endangered branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by indigenous Pearic communities in Cambodia and nearby regions.
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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.
Chocoan languages
The Chocoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in western Colombia and eastern Panama, known for including the Emberá and Wounaan languages.
- 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: Proto-Celebic language Target entity description: Proto-Celebic language is a reconstructed ancestral Austronesian language that gave rise to the Celebic subgroup of languages spoken primarily on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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A.
Barbacoan languages
The Barbacoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in Colombia and Ecuador, known for their complex phonology and close association with the Andean and northwestern South American cultural area.
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B.
Tucanoan languages
The Tucanoan languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in the northwestern Amazon Basin of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru, known for complex evidentiality systems and extensive multilingualism among their speakers.
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C.
Pearic languages
Pearic languages are a small, endangered branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by indigenous Pearic communities in Cambodia and nearby regions.
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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.
Chocoan languages
The Chocoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in western Colombia and eastern Panama, known for including the Emberá and Wounaan languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestralTo |
Bungku-Tolaki languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Bungku–Tolaki languages
Celebic languages ⓘ Kaili-Pamona languages ⓘ
linked to:
Kaili–Pamona languages
Muna-Buton languages ⓘ
linked to:
Muna–Buton languages
Saluan-Banggai languages ⓘ
linked to:
Saluan–Banggai languages
Tomini-Tolitoli languages ⓘ
linked to:
Tomini–Tolitoli languages
Wotu-Wolio languages ⓘ
linked to:
Wotu–Wolio languages
|
| descendedFrom |
Proto-Austronesian language
ⓘ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Austronesian historical phonology
ⓘ
Austronesian subgrouping ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Proto-Celebic
ⓘ
linked to:
Proto-Celebic language
Proto-Celebic Austronesian ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Austronesian alignment system (reconstructed)
ⓘ
contrastive phonemic stops and nasals (reconstructed) ⓘ numeral system inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (reconstructed) ⓘ rich verbal morphology (reconstructed) ⓘ voice affixation (reconstructed) ⓘ vowel system similar to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| hasGlottoCode | none (not assigned, reconstructed node) ⓘ |
| influences | reconstruction of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dialect diversification ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | none (reconstructed language) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Wallacea (reconstructed homeland region)
ⓘ
linked to:
Wallacea
|
| partOf |
Austronesian language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | comparative method ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom |
Bungku-Tolaki languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Bungku–Tolaki languages
Kaili-Pamona languages ⓘ
linked to:
Kaili–Pamona languages
Muna-Buton languages ⓘ
linked to:
Muna–Buton languages
Saluan-Banggai languages ⓘ
linked to:
Saluan–Banggai languages
Tomini-Tolitoli languages ⓘ
linked to:
Tomini–Tolitoli languages
Wotu-Wolio languages ⓘ
linked to:
Wotu–Wolio languages
modern Celebic languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Indonesia (reconstructed)
ⓘ
Sulawesi (reconstructed) ⓘ
linked to:
Sulawesi region
|
| studiedIn |
Austronesian comparative linguistics
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian linguistics
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Celebic languages ⓘ |
| timeDepth | early 1st millennium BCE (approximate, reconstructed) ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none (unwritten, reconstructed) ⓘ |
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: Proto-Celebic language Description of subject: Proto-Celebic language is a reconstructed ancestral Austronesian language that gave rise to the Celebic subgroup of languages spoken primarily on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Proto-Celebic language
linked to: Proto-Celebic language
linked to: Proto-Celebic language