Mupun language
E788837
The Mupun language is a West Chadic language of central Nigeria spoken by the Mupun people, known for its complex tonal system and membership in the Angas–Sura subgroup.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mupun language canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9269670 — 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: Mupun language Context triple: [Angas–Sura subgroup, hasMember, Mupun language]
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A.
Mumuye language
The Mumuye language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Mumuye people in northeastern Nigeria.
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B.
Muna language
The Muna language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Muna Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its rich verbal morphology and distinct phonological system.
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C.
Muya language
The Muya language is a lesser-known Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Muya people in parts of Sichuan, China, noted for its complex phonology and endangered status.
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D.
Munji language
The Munji language is an Eastern Iranian language spoken by the Munji people in Afghanistan’s remote Munjan Valley, closely related to the Yidgha language of Pakistan.
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E.
Puyuma language
The Puyuma language is an endangered Austronesian language spoken by the Puyuma Indigenous people of southeastern Taiwan.
- 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: Mupun language Target entity description: The Mupun language is a West Chadic language of central Nigeria spoken by the Mupun people, known for its complex tonal system and membership in the Angas–Sura subgroup.
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A.
Mumuye language
The Mumuye language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Mumuye people in northeastern Nigeria.
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B.
Muna language
The Muna language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Muna Island in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its rich verbal morphology and distinct phonological system.
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C.
Muya language
The Muya language is a lesser-known Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Muya people in parts of Sichuan, China, noted for its complex phonology and endangered status.
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D.
Munji language
The Munji language is an Eastern Iranian language spoken by the Munji people in Afghanistan’s remote Munjan Valley, closely related to the Yidgha language of Pakistan.
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E.
Puyuma language
The Puyuma language is an endangered Austronesian language spoken by the Puyuma Indigenous people of southeastern Taiwan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
West Chadic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mapun
ⓘ
Mupun ⓘ Mupun (Mijili) ⓘ
linked to:
Mupun
|
| hasDomain |
folklore
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Mupun ⓘ |
| hasGlottologCode | mupu1238 ⓘ |
| hasGrammarFeature |
noun class-like gender distinctions
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ verb–subject–object word order ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature | complex tonal system ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages |
Mwaghavul language
ⓘ
Ngas language ⓘ Ron language ⓘ Sura language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant contrasts
ⓘ
tone ⓘ vowel length contrasts ⓘ |
| hasScriptType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| hasTones |
contour tones
ⓘ
level tones ⓘ |
| isEndangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | mij ⓘ |
| isSpokenByEthnicGroup | Mupun ⓘ |
| isSubjectOfStudyIn |
African linguistics
ⓘ
Chadic linguistics ⓘ
linked to:
Chadic languages
|
| isUsedAlongside |
English language
ⓘ
linked to:
English
Hausa language ⓘ
linked to:
Hausa
|
| isUsedIn |
daily communication among Mupun people
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Chadic ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic ⓘ |
| languageGroup |
Angas–Sura
ⓘ
linked to:
Angas
|
| languageSubbranch | West Chadic ⓘ |
| region | Plateau State ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Mupun people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Nigeria
ⓘ
central Nigeria ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Angas–Sura subgroup
ⓘ
Chadic branch ⓘ West Chadic branch ⓘ
linked to:
West Chadic
|
| 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: Mupun language Description of subject: The Mupun language is a West Chadic language of central Nigeria spoken by the Mupun people, known for its complex tonal system and membership in the Angas–Sura subgroup.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.