Abui language
E761539
The Abui language is a Papuan language spoken by the Abui people on Alor Island in eastern Indonesia, known for its complex morphology and typological distinctiveness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abui language canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8837091 — 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: Abui language Context triple: [Alor archipelago, hasLanguage, Abui language]
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A.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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B.
Baniwa language
Baniwa is an Arawakan Indigenous language spoken primarily along the Rio Negro in northwestern Brazil, as well as in parts of Colombia and Venezuela.
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C.
Batui language
The Batui language is an Austronesian language spoken in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is part of the Saluan–Banggai subgroup.
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D.
Zaiwa language
The Zaiwa language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Zaiwa people in parts of Yunnan, China and northern Myanmar.
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E.
Aka-Bea language
The Aka-Bea language is an extinct indigenous tongue once spoken by the Great Andamanese Aka-Bea people of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
- 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: Abui language Target entity description: The Abui language is a Papuan language spoken by the Abui people on Alor Island in eastern Indonesia, known for its complex morphology and typological distinctiveness.
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A.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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B.
Baniwa language
Baniwa is an Arawakan Indigenous language spoken primarily along the Rio Negro in northwestern Brazil, as well as in parts of Colombia and Venezuela.
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C.
Batui language
The Batui language is an Austronesian language spoken in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is part of the Saluan–Banggai subgroup.
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D.
Zaiwa language
The Zaiwa language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Zaiwa people in parts of Yunnan, China and northern Myanmar.
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E.
Aka-Bea language
The Aka-Bea language is an extinct indigenous tongue once spoken by the Great Andamanese Aka-Bea people of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Alor–Pantar language
ⓘ
Papuan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alignmentType | split alignment ⓘ |
| contactLanguage |
Alor Malay
ⓘ
Indonesian ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Abui people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Abui (Alor)
ⓘ
linked to:
Abui
Abui Tanga ⓘ
linked to:
Abui
Abui Tasif ⓘ |
| hasCaseMarking | postpositional marking ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Northern Abui (reported)
ⓘ
Southern Abui (reported) ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationType |
dictionary
ⓘ
grammar ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | abui1241 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Abui ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | abz ⓘ |
| hasLanguageShiftPressureFrom | Indonesian ⓘ |
| hasMajorResearcher |
František Kratochvíl
ⓘ
Marian Klamer ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticFeature |
derivational verbal morphology
ⓘ
possessive marking ⓘ rich verbal agreement ⓘ valency-changing morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (reported)
ⓘ
moderate consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV (tendency) ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Alor–Pantar language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Alor–Pantar languages
|
| macroFamily |
Trans–New Guinea languages (proposed)
ⓘ
linked to:
Trans–New Guinea languages
|
| morphologyFeature | complex morphology ⓘ |
| morphologyType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| region | eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| spokenBy | several thousand speakers (approximate) ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alor Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Nusa Tenggara ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
head-marking
ⓘ
verb-final tendency ⓘ |
| usedIn |
daily communication within Abui communities
ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Abui language Description of subject: The Abui language is a Papuan language spoken by the Abui people on Alor Island in eastern Indonesia, known for its complex morphology and typological distinctiveness.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.