Kofyar cluster
E788589
The Kofyar cluster is a group of closely related Plateau languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kofyar cluster canonical | 2 |
| Kofyar–Doemak cluster | 1 |
| Kofyar–Mernyang cluster | 1 |
| Miship–Kofyar cluster | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9269683 — 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: Kofyar cluster Context triple: [Angas–Sura subgroup, hasMember, Kofyar cluster]
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A.
Chufut-Kale
Chufut-Kale is a historic cave city and fortress in Crimea, known for its well-preserved medieval structures and significance to Crimean Karaite and Tatar history.
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B.
Mutasa District
Mutasa District is an administrative district in eastern Zimbabwe known for its mountainous terrain, tea and coffee estates, and location within Manicaland Province.
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C.
Siha District
Siha District is an administrative district in northern Tanzania, located within the Kilimanjaro Region near the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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D.
Rashidan District
Rashidan District is an administrative district in central Afghanistan known for its rural communities within Ghazni Province.
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E.
Omusati Region
Omusati Region is an administrative region in northwestern Namibia known for its predominantly rural communities, subsistence agriculture, and proximity to the Angolan border.
- 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: Kofyar cluster Target entity description: The Kofyar cluster is a group of closely related Plateau languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria.
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A.
Chufut-Kale
Chufut-Kale is a historic cave city and fortress in Crimea, known for its well-preserved medieval structures and significance to Crimean Karaite and Tatar history.
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B.
Mutasa District
Mutasa District is an administrative district in eastern Zimbabwe known for its mountainous terrain, tea and coffee estates, and location within Manicaland Province.
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C.
Siha District
Siha District is an administrative district in northern Tanzania, located within the Kilimanjaro Region near the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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D.
Rashidan District
Rashidan District is an administrative district in central Afghanistan known for its rural communities within Ghazni Province.
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E.
Omusati Region
Omusati Region is an administrative region in northwestern Namibia known for its predominantly rural communities, subsistence agriculture, and proximity to the Angolan border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Plateau languages
ⓘ
language cluster ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kofyaric languages
ⓘ
Kofyar–Doemak cluster ⓘ
linked to:
Kofyar cluster
|
| classificationStatus | closely related Plateau languages ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Kofyar people ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
northern Nasarawa State, Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Nasarawa State
southern Plateau State, Nigeria ⓘ |
| glottologCode | kofy1236 ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Bwol language
ⓘ
Doemak language ⓘ Gworam language ⓘ Kofyar language ⓘ Kofyar–Doemak dialect continuum ⓘ Kwagallak language ⓘ Kwalla language ⓘ Mernyang language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Benue–Congo
ⓘ
linked to:
Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo ⓘ
linked to:
Niger–Congo languages
Plateau ⓘ |
| region | Central Nigeria ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Kaduna State
ⓘ
Nasarawa State ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Plateau State ⓘ central Nigeria ⓘ
linked to:
Central Nigeria
|
| subclassOf |
Benue–Congo languages
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ Plateau languages ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
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: Kofyar cluster Description of subject: The Kofyar cluster is a group of closely related Plateau languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kofyar cluster
linked to: Kofyar cluster
linked to: Kofyar cluster