Angas languages
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Angas languages are a group of closely related Chadic languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Angas language | 1 |
| Angas languages canonical | 1 |
| Angas-Sura languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9269245 — 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: Angas languages Context triple: [Angas, languageGroup, Angas languages]
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A.
Angkuic languages
The Angkuic languages are a subgroup of Austroasiatic languages spoken primarily in parts of Myanmar, China, and neighboring regions, known for their complex phonology and close relation to other Palaungic languages.
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B.
Angan languages
The Angan languages are a group of closely related Papuan languages spoken primarily in the highlands of southeastern Papua New Guinea.
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C.
Zanian languages
Zanian languages are a small group of closely related Kartvelian languages spoken primarily in western Georgia, including Mingrelian and Laz.
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D.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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E.
Ongan languages
The Ongan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken by the Ongan peoples of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean.
- 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: Angas languages Target entity description: Angas languages are a group of closely related Chadic languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria.
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A.
Angkuic languages
The Angkuic languages are a subgroup of Austroasiatic languages spoken primarily in parts of Myanmar, China, and neighboring regions, known for their complex phonology and close relation to other Palaungic languages.
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B.
Angan languages
The Angan languages are a group of closely related Papuan languages spoken primarily in the highlands of southeastern Papua New Guinea.
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C.
Zanian languages
Zanian languages are a small group of closely related Kartvelian languages spoken primarily in western Georgia, including Mingrelian and Laz.
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D.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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E.
Ongan languages
The Ongan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken by the Ongan peoples of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chadic languages
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealGroup | Plateau languages area ⓘ |
| areAlsoKnownAs |
Angas cluster
ⓘ
Angas–Sura languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areCloselyRelated |
Goemai language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mupun language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mwaghavul language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngas language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy | hundreds of thousands of speakers ⓘ |
| branchOf | Chadic branch of Afroasiatic ⓘ |
| glottologCode | anga1291 ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Belnəng language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chip language ⓘ Doemak language NERFINISHED ⓘ Goemai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gworam language NERFINISHED ⓘ Jipal language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kofyar cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ Kofyar language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kwagallak language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mernyang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Miship language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mupun language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mwaghavul language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngas language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tal language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | West Chadic A.3 ⓘ |
| macroFamily | Afroasiatic language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguageArea |
Beromic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tarok language area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Bauchi State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kaduna State NERFINISHED ⓘ Plateau State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Nigeria
ⓘ
central Nigeria ⓘ |
| status | regional languages ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Afroasiatic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Chadic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
tone languages ⓘ |
| usedBy | ethnic groups of Plateau region ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin 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: Angas languages Description of subject: Angas languages are a group of closely related Chadic languages spoken primarily in central Nigeria.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Angas language
this entity surface form:
Angas-Sura languages