Southern Aslian languages

E786737

Austroasiatic languages subgroup language subgroup

Southern Aslian languages are a subgroup of the Aslian branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken primarily by indigenous communities in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Southern Aslian	6
Southern Aslian languages canonical	3
Southern Aslian branch	1
Southern Aslian language	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9192176 — 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: Southern Aslian languages
Context triple: [Aslian languages, hasSubgroup, Southern Aslian languages]

A. Northern Aslian languages
The Northern Aslian languages are a branch of the Aslian (Austroasiatic) language family spoken primarily by indigenous Orang Asli communities in northern Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand.
B. Central Aslian languages
The Central Aslian languages are a subgroup of the Aslian branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken primarily by indigenous communities in central Peninsular Malaysia.
C. Central-Eastern Malakula languages
The Central-Eastern Malakula languages are a subgroup of closely related Oceanic languages spoken on the island of Malakula in Vanuatu.
D. Kove–Mangseng languages
The Kove–Mangseng languages are a small subgroup of closely related Oceanic languages spoken in parts of Papua New Guinea.
E. Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
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: Southern Aslian languages
Target entity description: Southern Aslian languages are a subgroup of the Aslian branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken primarily by indigenous communities in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula.

A. Northern Aslian languages
The Northern Aslian languages are a branch of the Aslian (Austroasiatic) language family spoken primarily by indigenous Orang Asli communities in northern Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand.
B. Central Aslian languages
The Central Aslian languages are a subgroup of the Aslian branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken primarily by indigenous communities in central Peninsular Malaysia.
C. Central-Eastern Malakula languages
The Central-Eastern Malakula languages are a subgroup of closely related Oceanic languages spoken on the island of Malakula in Vanuatu.
D. Kove–Mangseng languages
The Kove–Mangseng languages are a small subgroup of closely related Oceanic languages spoken in parts of Papua New Guinea.
E. Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austroasiatic languages subgroup ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ
areEndangered	true ⓘ
branchOf	Aslian ⓘ
geographicDistribution	southern part of the Malay Peninsula ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	indigenous to the Malay Peninsula ⓘ spoken by small, often endangered communities ⓘ
hasMember	Besisi language ⓘ Mah Meri language ⓘ Orang Laut language varieties ⓘ Semaq Beri language ⓘ Semelai language ⓘ Temoq language ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	primarily unwritten or using ad hoc adaptations of Latin script ⓘ
languageFamily	Austroasiatic ⓘ
partOf	Aslian branch ⓘ Austroasiatic language family ⓘ linked to: Austroasiatic
region	Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ linked to: West Malaysia
spokenBy	indigenous communities of the Malay Peninsula ⓘ
spokenIn	Malaysia ⓘ southern Malay Peninsula ⓘ linked to: southern Peninsular Malaysia
subclassOf	Aslian languages ⓘ
typologicallyRelatedTo	Central Aslian languages ⓘ Northern Aslian languages ⓘ
usedBy	Orang Asli peoples ⓘ linked to: Orang Asli

How these facts were elicited