Koṭa
E748305
Koṭa is a Dravidian language spoken by the indigenous Kota people in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koṭa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8548947 — 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: Koṭa Context triple: [Kota language, hasAlternativeName, Koṭa]
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A.
Kawardha
Kawardha is a regional dialect of the Chhattisgarhi language spoken in parts of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
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B.
Kot Diji
Kot Diji is an ancient archaeological and fort site in Sindh, Pakistan, known for its pre-Harappan settlement remains and well-preserved early 19th-century fort.
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C.
Katra
Katra is a town in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, India, best known as the base camp for pilgrims visiting the Vaishno Devi shrine in the Trikuta Mountains.
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D.
Kathiawari
Kathiawari is a regional dialect of Gujarati spoken primarily in the Saurashtra (Kathiawar) peninsula of western India, known for its distinct phonetic and lexical features.
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E.
Kasarani
Kasarani is a residential and commercial suburb in northeastern Nairobi, Kenya, known for hosting major sports and educational facilities.
- 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: Koṭa Target entity description: Koṭa is a Dravidian language spoken by the indigenous Kota people in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India.
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A.
Kawardha
Kawardha is a regional dialect of the Chhattisgarhi language spoken in parts of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
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B.
Kot Diji
Kot Diji is an ancient archaeological and fort site in Sindh, Pakistan, known for its pre-Harappan settlement remains and well-preserved early 19th-century fort.
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C.
Katra
Katra is a town in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, India, best known as the base camp for pilgrims visiting the Vaishno Devi shrine in the Trikuta Mountains.
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D.
Kathiawari
Kathiawari is a regional dialect of Gujarati spoken primarily in the Saurashtra (Kathiawar) peninsula of western India, known for its distinct phonetic and lexical features.
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E.
Kasarani
Kasarani is a residential and commercial suburb in northeastern Nairobi, Kenya, known for hosting major sports and educational facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dravidian language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kota people ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Kota settlements in the Nilgiri Hills ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kota
ⓘ
Koṭagiri language ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | rich nominal case marking ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
postpositions
ⓘ
verb-final syntax ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
ethnolinguistic documentation ⓘ phonological studies ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
Dravidian-type vowel system
ⓘ
contrastive retroflex consonants ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | kfe ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Dravidian
ⓘ
linked to:
Dravidian languages
|
| languageShiftTo |
English
ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ Tamil ⓘ |
| region |
Nilgiri district
ⓘ
linked to:
Nilgiris district
|
| relatedTo |
Kannada language
ⓘ
linked to:
Kannada
Tamil language ⓘ
linked to:
Tamil
Toda language ⓘ |
| script | Tamil script ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kota people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
Nilgiri Hills ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily |
South Dravidian
ⓘ
linked to:
South Dravidian languages
|
| subgroup | Tamil–Kodagu branch ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral communication ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
folklore of Kota people
ⓘ
songs of Kota people ⓘ traditional rituals of Kota people ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Koṭa Description of subject: Koṭa is a Dravidian language spoken by the indigenous Kota people in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.