Toda language
E741381
The Toda language is a Dravidian language spoken by the indigenous Toda people of the Nilgiri Hills in southern India, known for its highly inflected grammar and endangered status.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Toda language canonical | 8 |
| Toda dialect | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8548937 — 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: Toda language Context triple: [Kota language, closelyRelatedTo, Toda language]
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A.
Paraujano language
The Paraujano language is an indigenous Arawakan (Maipurean) language historically spoken by the Paraujano people of northwestern Venezuela, now critically endangered or nearly extinct.
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B.
Opata language
The Opata language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico, particularly in the present-day state of Sonora.
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C.
Tutelo language
The Tutelo language is an extinct Siouan language once spoken by the Tutelo people in the eastern United States, particularly in present-day Virginia and West Virginia.
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D.
Tanema language
Tanema is a nearly extinct Oceanic language once spoken on Vanikoro Island in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.
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E.
Agutaynen language
Agutaynen is an Austronesian language spoken by the Agutaynen people of Palawan in the Philippines.
- 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: Toda language Target entity description: The Toda language is a Dravidian language spoken by the indigenous Toda people of the Nilgiri Hills in southern India, known for its highly inflected grammar and endangered status.
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A.
Paraujano language
The Paraujano language is an indigenous Arawakan (Maipurean) language historically spoken by the Paraujano people of northwestern Venezuela, now critically endangered or nearly extinct.
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B.
Opata language
The Opata language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico, particularly in the present-day state of Sonora.
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C.
Tutelo language
The Tutelo language is an extinct Siouan language once spoken by the Tutelo people in the eastern United States, particularly in present-day Virginia and West Virginia.
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D.
Tanema language
Tanema is a nearly extinct Oceanic language once spoken on Vanikoro Island in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.
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E.
Agutaynen language
Agutaynen is an Austronesian language spoken by the Agutaynen people of Palawan in the Philippines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dravidian language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kannada language
ⓘ
linked to:
Kannada
Kodagu language ⓘ Kota language ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| endangerment | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Toda people ⓘ |
| family | Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| hasCase |
ablative
ⓘ
accusative ⓘ dative ⓘ genitive ⓘ instrumental ⓘ locative ⓘ nominative ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
complex phonology ⓘ contrastive vowel length ⓘ highly inflected grammar ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ rich case system ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalGender |
feminine
ⓘ
masculine ⓘ neuter ⓘ |
| hasNumber |
plural
ⓘ
singular ⓘ |
| hasPhoneme |
retroflex lateral
ⓘ
retroflex nasal ⓘ retroflex stop ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | tcx ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Tamil–Kodagu subgroup ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | few hundred ⓘ |
| region |
Southern India
ⓘ
linked to:
South India
|
| script |
Latin script
ⓘ
Tamil script ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
Nilgiri Hills ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | South Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| typology | head-final language ⓘ |
| usedBy | Toda community ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Toda oral tradition
ⓘ
Toda rituals ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
Tamil alphabet ⓘ
linked to:
Tamil script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Toda language Description of subject: The Toda language is a Dravidian language spoken by the indigenous Toda people of the Nilgiri Hills in southern India, known for its highly inflected grammar and endangered status.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Toda language