Limbu language
E763069
Limbu language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Limbu ethnic group in eastern Nepal and neighboring regions of India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Limbu language canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8871359 — 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: Limbu language Context triple: [Limbu people, language, Limbu language]
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A.
Murle language
The Murle language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Murle people of South Sudan.
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B.
Nilu Kurumba language
The Nilu Kurumba language is a Dravidian tribal language spoken by the Nilu Kurumba people in parts of southern India, particularly in the Nilgiri region.
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C.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
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D.
Tharawal language
Tharawal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Tharawal people of coastal New South Wales, south of Sydney.
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E.
Bagirmi language
The Bagirmi language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in Chad by the Bagirmi people, known for its role as a regional lingua franca and its rich oral tradition.
- 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: Limbu language Target entity description: Limbu language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Limbu ethnic group in eastern Nepal and neighboring regions of India.
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A.
Murle language
The Murle language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Murle people of South Sudan.
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B.
Nilu Kurumba language
The Nilu Kurumba language is a Dravidian tribal language spoken by the Nilu Kurumba people in parts of southern India, particularly in the Nilgiri region.
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C.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
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D.
Tharawal language
Tharawal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Tharawal people of coastal New South Wales, south of Sydney.
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E.
Bagirmi language
The Bagirmi language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in Chad by the Bagirmi people, known for its role as a regional lingua franca and its rich oral tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sino-Tibetan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Kiranti subgroup of Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Athpare language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yakkha language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamphu language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
India
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Limbu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | limb1268 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Yakthung language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yakthungpan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Chatthare Limbu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chhathare Limbu NERFINISHED ⓘ Panthare Limbu NERFINISHED ⓘ Phedappe Limbu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tambarkhole Limbu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
ergative alignment ⓘ inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural ⓘ noun classifiers ⓘ tone or pitch accent (in some analyses) ⓘ |
| hasReligionContext | Kirat religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScriptCreator | Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iso639-1Code | none ⓘ |
| iso639-2Code | lif ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | lif ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Eastern Kiranti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| morphologyType | suffixing ⓘ |
| region |
Koshi Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mechi Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Himalayas ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphasyllabary ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Sikkim NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Nepal ⓘ |
| subfamily | Kiranti languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Limbu community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ ritual texts ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Devanagari script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Limbu script NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman script ⓘ |
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: Limbu language Description of subject: Limbu language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Limbu ethnic group in eastern Nepal and neighboring regions of India.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.