Higaonon language
E817868
The Higaonon language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Higaonon people of northern Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Higaonon language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9745273 — 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: Higaonon language Context triple: [Binukid, closelyRelatedTo, Higaonon language]
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A.
Meranao language
Meranao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, known for its rich oral literature and use in Islamic cultural and religious contexts.
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B.
Kunigami language
The Kunigami language is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken in the northern part of Okinawa Island, Japan, and is considered distinct from standard Japanese and severely endangered.
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C.
Yonaguni language
The Yonaguni language is a highly endangered Ryukyuan language spoken on Japan’s Yonaguni Island, distinct from but related to Japanese and other Yaeyama languages.
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D.
Surigaonon language
Surigaonon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Surigao region of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
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E.
Hanunoo language
The Hanunoo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Hanunoo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines, notable for its indigenous syllabic script and rich oral poetic tradition.
- 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: Higaonon language Target entity description: The Higaonon language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Higaonon people of northern Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
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A.
Meranao language
Meranao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, known for its rich oral literature and use in Islamic cultural and religious contexts.
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B.
Kunigami language
The Kunigami language is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken in the northern part of Okinawa Island, Japan, and is considered distinct from standard Japanese and severely endangered.
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C.
Yonaguni language
The Yonaguni language is a highly endangered Ryukyuan language spoken on Japan’s Yonaguni Island, distinct from but related to Japanese and other Yaeyama languages.
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D.
Surigaonon language
Surigaonon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Surigao region of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
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E.
Hanunoo language
The Hanunoo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Hanunoo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines, notable for its indigenous syllabic script and rich oral poetic tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Binukid language
ⓘ
Cebuano language ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Higaonon people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Higaanon
ⓘ
Higaonon ⓘ Higaonon Binukid ⓘ
linked to:
Binukid
Higaunen ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | Austronesian alignment system ⓘ |
| hasTypology | verb–initial basic word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | mba ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
|
| region |
Agusan del Norte
ⓘ
Bukidnon ⓘ Misamis Oriental ⓘ Northern Mindanao ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Higaonon people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mindanao
ⓘ
Northern Mindanao ⓘ Philippines ⓘ |
| spokenOn | island of Mindanao ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroup | Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ |
| usedIn |
daily communication among Higaonon communities
ⓘ
traditional oral literature of the Higaonon people ⓘ |
| 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: Higaonon language Description of subject: The Higaonon language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Higaonon people of northern Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.