Tii language
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The Tii language is an Austronesian language spoken on Rote Island in Indonesia, belonging to the Rote language group.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tii language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9577649 — 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: Tii language Context triple: [Rote languages, hasPart, Tii language]
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A.
Tiv language
Tiv language is a Southern Bantoid language of the Benue–Congo family spoken predominantly by the Tiv people of central Nigeria and parts of Cameroon.
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B.
Tujia language
The Tujia language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Tujia ethnic group in parts of central China, notably in mountainous areas of Hubei, Hunan, and neighboring provinces.
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C.
Anii language
The Anii language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily in parts of Benin and Togo in West Africa.
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D.
Temiar language
The Temiar language is an Austroasiatic Aslian language spoken by the Temiar people of Peninsular Malaysia, known for its complex phonology and rich oral tradition.
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E.
Tigak language
The Tigak language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tigak people of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.
- 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: Tii language Target entity description: The Tii language is an Austronesian language spoken on Rote Island in Indonesia, belonging to the Rote language group.
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A.
Tiv language
Tiv language is a Southern Bantoid language of the Benue–Congo family spoken predominantly by the Tiv people of central Nigeria and parts of Cameroon.
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B.
Tujia language
The Tujia language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Tujia ethnic group in parts of central China, notably in mountainous areas of Hubei, Hunan, and neighboring provinces.
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C.
Anii language
The Anii language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily in parts of Benin and Togo in West Africa.
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D.
Temiar language
The Temiar language is an Austroasiatic Aslian language spoken by the Temiar people of Peninsular Malaysia, known for its complex phonology and rich oral tradition.
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E.
Tigak language
The Tigak language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tigak people of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Rote cluster of languages ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| countryOfficialLanguageOf | none ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| glottocode | tiii1237 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Tii ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ti'i language
ⓘ
Tii’ ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Oenale dialect
ⓘ
Tii proper dialect ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResource |
descriptive wordlists
ⓘ
grammatical sketches ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | txq ⓘ |
| isSpokenBy |
Rote ethnic groups
ⓘ
Tii people ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
Central Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
linked to:
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
linked to:
Malayo-Polynesian languages
|
| lexicalSimilarityWith | other Rote languages ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Timor Sea ⓘ |
| minorityLanguageIn | Indonesia ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Ba'a language
ⓘ
linked to:
Ba’a language
Dela-Oenale language ⓘ Landu language ⓘ Lelain language ⓘ Lole language ⓘ Termanu language ⓘ |
| partOf | Rote languages ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| region |
East Nusa Tenggara province
ⓘ
linked to:
East Nusa Tenggara
Rote Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ Rote Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Central Malayo-Polynesian language
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ Rote language ⓘ Rote language group ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
prepositional language
ⓘ
uses affixation ⓘ |
| usedIn |
daily communication in Tii-speaking villages
ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ traditional oral literature on Rote Island ⓘ |
| 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: Tii language Description of subject: The Tii language is an Austronesian language spoken on Rote Island in Indonesia, belonging to the Rote language group.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.