Milyan script
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The Milyan script is an ancient Anatolian writing system used to record the now-extinct Milyan (Lycian B) language, closely related to and derived from the Lycian alphabet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Milyan script canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8266586 — 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: Milyan script Context triple: [Lycian alphabet, closelyRelatedScript, Milyan script]
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A.
Madnhaya script
The Madnhaya script is a modern cursive form of the Syriac alphabet used primarily by Assyrian and Chaldean Christian communities in liturgical and literary contexts.
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B.
Tigalari script
The Tigalari script is a historical South Indian writing system used primarily to write Tulu and Sanskrit, closely related to other southern Brahmic scripts.
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C.
Hanunóo script
The Hanunóo script is an indigenous Brahmic-derived syllabic writing system traditionally used by the Hanunóo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines.
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D.
Prachalit script
Prachalit script is a historical Brahmic writing system used primarily for the Nepal Bhasa (Newar) language of the Kathmandu Valley.
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E.
Borama script
The Borama script is an indigenous writing system historically used by some Somali communities to represent the Somali language before the adoption of more widespread scripts.
- 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: Milyan script Target entity description: The Milyan script is an ancient Anatolian writing system used to record the now-extinct Milyan (Lycian B) language, closely related to and derived from the Lycian alphabet.
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A.
Madnhaya script
The Madnhaya script is a modern cursive form of the Syriac alphabet used primarily by Assyrian and Chaldean Christian communities in liturgical and literary contexts.
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B.
Tigalari script
The Tigalari script is a historical South Indian writing system used primarily to write Tulu and Sanskrit, closely related to other southern Brahmic scripts.
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C.
Hanunóo script
The Hanunóo script is an indigenous Brahmic-derived syllabic writing system traditionally used by the Hanunóo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines.
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D.
Prachalit script
Prachalit script is a historical Brahmic writing system used primarily for the Nepal Bhasa (Newar) language of the Kathmandu Valley.
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E.
Borama script
The Borama script is an indigenous writing system historically used by some Somali communities to represent the Somali language before the adoption of more widespread scripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
ancient Anatolian script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Lycian B script
ⓘ
linked to:
Lycian alphabet
|
| associatedWith | Lycian B ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Lycian alphabet ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Lycian alphabet ⓘ |
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Lycian A script
ⓘ
linked to:
Lycian alphabet
|
| historicalContext | used in the classical period of Lycia ⓘ |
| languageStatus | extinct language ⓘ |
| primaryMedium | stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| region |
Lycia
ⓘ
southwestern Anatolia ⓘ |
| relatedScript |
Carian script
ⓘ
Luwian hieroglyphs ⓘ
linked to:
Hieroglyphic Luwian
Lycian script ⓘ
linked to:
Lycian alphabet
Sidetic script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Anatolian alphabets
ⓘ
Anatolian branch of Indo-European writing traditions ⓘ |
| scriptStatus | deciphered ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| sharesGlyphsWith | Lycian alphabet ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Anatolian alphabets
ⓘ
Lycian scripts ⓘ
linked to:
Lycian alphabet
|
| timePeriod | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| unicodeStatus | not encoded in Unicode as of 2024 ⓘ |
| usedBy | Milyan-speaking communities ⓘ |
| usedFor | writing the Milyan language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Lycia
ⓘ
ancient Anatolia ⓘ |
| writingSystemDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf | Milyan language ⓘ |
| writingSystemScope | epigraphic ⓘ |
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: Milyan script Description of subject: The Milyan script is an ancient Anatolian writing system used to record the now-extinct Milyan (Lycian B) language, closely related to and derived from the Lycian alphabet.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.