Kalina language
E755539
The Kalina language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Kalina (Carib) people of northern South America and the Caribbean coast.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kalina language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8757994 — 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: Kalina language Context triple: [Carib peoples, traditionalLanguage, Kalina language]
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A.
Kayeli language
The Kayeli language is an Austronesian language once spoken on Buru Island in Indonesia, now critically endangered or possibly extinct.
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B.
Denya language
Denya is a Bantoid language of the Mamfe group spoken by a small community in southwestern Cameroon.
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C.
Tsakhur language
The Tsakhur language is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily by the Tsakhur people in parts of Azerbaijan and Dagestan.
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D.
Aka-Kol language
The Aka-Kol language is an extinct Ongan language once spoken by the indigenous Great Andamanese people of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
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E.
Khinalug language
The Khinalug language is a highly endangered Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Khinalug people in a single mountain village in northern Azerbaijan.
- 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: Kalina language Target entity description: The Kalina language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Kalina (Carib) people of northern South America and the Caribbean coast.
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A.
Kayeli language
The Kayeli language is an Austronesian language once spoken on Buru Island in Indonesia, now critically endangered or possibly extinct.
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B.
Denya language
Denya is a Bantoid language of the Mamfe group spoken by a small community in southwestern Cameroon.
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C.
Tsakhur language
The Tsakhur language is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily by the Tsakhur people in parts of Azerbaijan and Dagestan.
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D.
Aka-Kol language
The Aka-Kol language is an extinct Ongan language once spoken by the indigenous Great Andamanese people of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
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E.
Khinalug language
The Khinalug language is a highly endangered Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Khinalug people in a single mountain village in northern Azerbaijan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cariban language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Carib language
ⓘ
linked to:
Carib languages
Carib of the mainland ⓘ
linked to:
Guianan Carib
Galibi ⓘ Kalin’a ⓘ Kariña ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Kalina people
ⓘ
linked to:
Kalin’a people
|
| glottocode | main1276 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Brazilian Kalina
ⓘ
French Guianese Kalina ⓘ
linked to:
Guianan Carib
Guyana Kalina ⓘ Surinamese Kalina ⓘ Venezuelan Kalina ⓘ |
| hasLanguageAcademy | no official language academy ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
evidentiality distinctions
ⓘ
postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ verb affixation for person and number ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
linked to:
Portuguese language
Spanish ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages |
Arawak languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Arawakan languages
Warao language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
nasal harmony ⓘ |
| isNot |
Island Carib language
ⓘ
linked to:
Carib pidgin
|
| ISO639-3 | car ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northern Cariban ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Cariban languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Carib languages
|
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| region | Guianas ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Kalina people
ⓘ
linked to:
Kalin’a people
|
| spokenIn |
Brazil
ⓘ
Caribbean coast of South America ⓘ French Guiana ⓘ Guyana ⓘ Suriname ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ northern South America ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in some communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kalina language Description of subject: The Kalina language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Kalina (Carib) people of northern South America and the Caribbean coast.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.