North Halmahera languages
E660557
The North Halmahera languages are a small group of Papuan (non-Austronesian) languages spoken primarily in the northern part of Halmahera and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Halmahera languages canonical | 5 |
| North Halmahera subgroup | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7379701 — 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: North Halmahera languages Context triple: [Maluku peoples, languageFamily, North Halmahera languages]
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A.
Celebic–South Halmahera languages
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
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B.
Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
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C.
Southeast Maluku languages
The Southeast Maluku languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken in the southeastern part of Indonesia’s Maluku Islands.
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D.
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
The South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in eastern Indonesia, particularly in southern Halmahera and along the western coast of New Guinea.
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E.
Sulawesi languages
The Sulawesi languages are a diverse group of Austronesian languages spoken on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known for their complex typological variation and significant internal linguistic diversity.
- 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: North Halmahera languages Target entity description: The North Halmahera languages are a small group of Papuan (non-Austronesian) languages spoken primarily in the northern part of Halmahera and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia.
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A.
Celebic–South Halmahera languages
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
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B.
Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
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C.
Southeast Maluku languages
The Southeast Maluku languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken in the southeastern part of Indonesia’s Maluku Islands.
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D.
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
The South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in eastern Indonesia, particularly in southern Halmahera and along the western coast of New Guinea.
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E.
Sulawesi languages
The Sulawesi languages are a diverse group of Austronesian languages spoken on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known for their complex typological variation and significant internal linguistic diversity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| alignment | split-S or ergative-like patterns in some languages ⓘ |
| arealFeature |
contact with Austronesian languages
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lexical borrowing from Malay ⓘ lexical borrowing from Ternate Malay ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | Papuan affiliation widely accepted ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| endangerment | several member languages are endangered ⓘ |
| familyColor | Papuan ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | nort2920 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | North Halmahera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Boano (North Maluku) language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Galela language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Loloda language NERFINISHED ⓘ Modole language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pagu language ⓘ Sahu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahu subgroup ⓘ Tabaru language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ternate language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ternate–Tidore subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ Tidore language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobaru language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobelo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobelo–Galela subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ West Makian language NERFINISHED ⓘ West Makian subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | languages of former sultanates of Ternate and Tidore ⓘ |
| notableLanguage |
Ternate language
ⓘ
Tidore language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| possibleRelation | West Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Bacan
NERFINISHED
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Halmahera NERFINISHED ⓘ Makian NERFINISHED ⓘ North Maluku NERFINISHED ⓘ Ternate NERFINISHED ⓘ Tidore NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Halmahera ⓘ |
| speakerPopulation | tens of thousands of speakers overall ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
linguist Gary Holton
NERFINISHED
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linguist Gerrit J. K. H. van Baarda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Papuan languages
NERFINISHED
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non-Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| typology |
agglutinative morphology
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mostly head-final ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: North Halmahera languages Description of subject: The North Halmahera languages are a small group of Papuan (non-Austronesian) languages spoken primarily in the northern part of Halmahera and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
North Halmahera subgroup