West Tanna
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West Tanna is an Austronesian language spoken on Tanna Island in Vanuatu, more widely known under the name Lenakel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| West Tanna canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7313374 — 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: West Tanna Context triple: [Lenakel, hasAlternativeName, West Tanna]
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A.
Alaid Island
Alaid Island is a small, remote island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, known for its rugged terrain and sparse human presence.
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B.
Revis Island
Revis Island is the famous nickname for former NFL cornerback Darrelle Revis’s lockdown coverage ability, evoking the idea that opposing receivers were stranded and ineffective when matched up against him.
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C.
Sandoy
Sandoy is one of the main islands of the Faroe Islands, known for its relatively flat landscape, sandy beaches, and traditional villages.
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D.
Tarbet Isle
Tarbet Isle is a small, wooded island located in Loch Lomond in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic setting within the national park.
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E.
Lambay Island
Lambay Island is a privately owned island off the coast of County Dublin, Ireland, known for its wildlife, historic castle, and distinctive natural landscapes in the Irish Sea.
- 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: West Tanna Target entity description: West Tanna is an Austronesian language spoken on Tanna Island in Vanuatu, more widely known under the name Lenakel.
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A.
Alaid Island
Alaid Island is a small, remote island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, known for its rugged terrain and sparse human presence.
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B.
Revis Island
Revis Island is the famous nickname for former NFL cornerback Darrelle Revis’s lockdown coverage ability, evoking the idea that opposing receivers were stranded and ineffective when matched up against him.
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C.
Sandoy
Sandoy is one of the main islands of the Faroe Islands, known for its relatively flat landscape, sandy beaches, and traditional villages.
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D.
Tarbet Isle
Tarbet Isle is a small, wooded island located in Loch Lomond in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic setting within the national park.
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E.
Lambay Island
Lambay Island is a privately owned island off the coast of County Dublin, Ireland, known for its wildlife, historic castle, and distinctive natural landscapes in the Irish Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ Vanuatu language ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Lenakel ⓘ |
| belongsToLinguisticArea | South Vanuatu linguistic area ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-documented Oceanic language ⓘ |
| country | Vanuatu ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnologueName | Lenakel ⓘ |
| glottologCode | lena1239 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Lenakel ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling | West Tana ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Lenakel
ⓘ
Netwar ⓘ Nivhaal ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
local education (informal)
ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | moderately agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
descriptive grammar
ⓘ
dictionary ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | tnl ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| languageSubfamily |
Malayo-Polynesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Malayo-Polynesian languages
|
| languageSubgroup |
Oceanic
ⓘ
South Vanuatu languages ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Vanuatu linguistic area
Southern Oceanic ⓘ
linked to:
Western Oceanic
|
| neighboringLanguage |
Kwamera
ⓘ
North Tanna ⓘ Whitesands ⓘ |
| region | Tafea Province ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Tanna Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanna
Vanuatu ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous communities of western Tanna ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication ⓘ |
| 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
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Input
Subject: West Tanna Description of subject: West Tanna is an Austronesian language spoken on Tanna Island in Vanuatu, more widely known under the name Lenakel.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.