Kofyar
E790232
Kofyar is a West Chadic language spoken by the Kofyar people in central Nigeria, particularly in Plateau State.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kofyar canonical | 2 |
| Kwolla-Kofyar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9269318 — 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 Context triple: [Mwaghavul, neighboringLanguage, Kofyar]
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A.
Barka Kunama
Barka Kunama is a dialect of the Kunama language spoken by Kunama communities, primarily in parts of Eritrea and neighboring regions.
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B.
Nabaloi
Nabaloi is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ibaloi people of the northern Philippines, particularly in the Benguet region of Luzon.
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C.
Datooga
Datooga is a Southern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Datooga people of north-central Tanzania.
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D.
Kifri
Kifri is a town in Iraq with a significant Iraqi Turkmen population and cultural presence.
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E.
Kiphire
Kiphire is a town and administrative district headquarters in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, known for its hilly terrain and proximity to Mount Saramati.
- 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 Target entity description: Kofyar is a West Chadic language spoken by the Kofyar people in central Nigeria, particularly in Plateau State.
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A.
Barka Kunama
Barka Kunama is a dialect of the Kunama language spoken by Kunama communities, primarily in parts of Eritrea and neighboring regions.
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B.
Nabaloi
Nabaloi is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ibaloi people of the northern Philippines, particularly in the Benguet region of Luzon.
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C.
Datooga
Datooga is a Southern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Datooga people of north-central Tanzania.
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D.
Kifri
Kifri is a town in Iraq with a significant Iraqi Turkmen population and cultural presence.
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E.
Kiphire
Kiphire is a town and administrative district headquarters in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, known for its hilly terrain and proximity to Mount Saramati.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
West Chadic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOfSpeakers | Kofyar people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Koffyar
ⓘ
Kofyar-Nyak ⓘ Kwolla ⓘ Kwolla-Kofyar ⓘ
linked to:
Kofyar
|
| hasDialect |
Doemak
ⓘ
Kwalla ⓘ Mernyang ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | kofy1236 ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers | Kofyar people ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | kwl ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Chadic ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic
ⓘ
linked to:
Afroasiatic languages
|
| languageSubbranch | West Chadic ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | SVO word order ⓘ |
| region |
Middle Belt (Nigeria)
ⓘ
linked to:
North Central Nigeria
Plateau State ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Nigeria
ⓘ
Plateau State ⓘ central Nigeria ⓘ
linked to:
Central Nigeria
|
| subclassOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
Chadic language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| 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 Description of subject: Kofyar is a West Chadic language spoken by the Kofyar people in central Nigeria, particularly in Plateau State.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kofyar