Bole language
E788784
The Bole language is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in northeastern Nigeria, notably in Gombe and Yobe States, by the Bole people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bole language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9269177 — 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: Bole language Context triple: [Tangale, isRelatedTo, Bole language]
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A.
Behoa language
The Behoa language is an Austronesian language spoken in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its place within the Badaic subgroup of the Kaili–Pamona languages.
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B.
Banda-Bogbo language
The Banda-Bogbo language is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Banda people in parts of the Central African Republic.
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C.
Baule language
The Baule language is a Central Tano language of the Akan group spoken primarily by the Baoulé people in Côte d'Ivoire.
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D.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
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E.
Bouyei language
The Bouyei language is a Tai–Kadai language spoken primarily by the Bouyei ethnic group in southern China, especially in Guizhou Province.
- 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: Bole language Target entity description: The Bole language is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in northeastern Nigeria, notably in Gombe and Yobe States, by the Bole people.
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A.
Behoa language
The Behoa language is an Austronesian language spoken in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its place within the Badaic subgroup of the Kaili–Pamona languages.
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B.
Banda-Bogbo language
The Banda-Bogbo language is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Banda people in parts of the Central African Republic.
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C.
Baule language
The Baule language is a Central Tano language of the Akan group spoken primarily by the Baoulé people in Côte d'Ivoire.
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D.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
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E.
Bouyei language
The Bouyei language is a Tai–Kadai language spoken primarily by the Bouyei ethnic group in southern China, especially in Guizhou Province.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
West Chadic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bole people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologName | Bole (Nigeria) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bole (Nigeria)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bole of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Bolewa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Bole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | bole1246 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | bol ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
SVO word order
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Hausa language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karekare language ⓘ Ngamo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tangale language ⓘ |
| hasStandardReference |
Newman 1977 Bole language studies
ⓘ
Schuh 1981 Bole materials ⓘ |
| hasSubjectPeople | Bole people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Bole–Tangale languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Chadic B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSpokenNear |
Fika
ⓘ
Gombe NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaltungo NERFINISHED ⓘ Potiskum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Chadic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Bole–Tangale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSubbranch | West Chadic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorReligionOfSpeakers | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLocation |
Gombe State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yobe State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Northeastern Nigeria
ⓘ
Northern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Bole people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Gombe State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ Yobe State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | local trade in northeastern Nigeria ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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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: Bole language Description of subject: The Bole language is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in northeastern Nigeria, notably in Gombe and Yobe States, by the Bole people.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.