Doteli language
E820714
Doteli language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the far-western regions of Nepal, closely related to other Khas languages such as Nepali.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doteli language canonical | 2 |
| Dotyali language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9785427 — 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: Doteli language Context triple: [Khas, associatedLanguage, Doteli language]
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A.
Denya language
Denya is a Bantoid language of the Mamfe group spoken by a small community in southwestern Cameroon.
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B.
Dendi language
The Dendi language is a Songhay language spoken primarily along the Niger River in Benin, Niger, and Nigeria, serving as a regional lingua franca in trade and daily communication.
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C.
Dolgan language
The Dolgan language is a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Dolgan people of northern Siberia, particularly in Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula.
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D.
Daakaka language
The Daakaka language is an Oceanic language spoken by communities on Ambrym Island in Vanuatu.
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E.
Batuley language
The Batuley language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community in Indonesia’s Aru Islands.
- 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: Doteli language Target entity description: Doteli language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the far-western regions of Nepal, closely related to other Khas languages such as Nepali.
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A.
Denya language
Denya is a Bantoid language of the Mamfe group spoken by a small community in southwestern Cameroon.
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B.
Dendi language
The Dendi language is a Songhay language spoken primarily along the Niger River in Benin, Niger, and Nigeria, serving as a regional lingua franca in trade and daily communication.
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C.
Dolgan language
The Dolgan language is a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Dolgan people of northern Siberia, particularly in Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula.
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D.
Daakaka language
The Daakaka language is an Oceanic language spoken by communities on Ambrym Island in Vanuatu.
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E.
Batuley language
The Batuley language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community in Indonesia’s Aru Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
Khas language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Doteli
ⓘ
Dotyali language ⓘ
linked to:
Doteli language
Dotyālī ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Garhwali language
ⓘ
linked to:
Garhwali
Khas Kura ⓘ Kumaoni language ⓘ Nepali language ⓘ
linked to:
Nepali
|
| hasAncestralForm | Old Khas language ⓘ |
| hasDialects | local varieties by district in Far-Western Nepal ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
SOV word order
ⓘ
ergative alignment in past transitive constructions ⓘ postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
aspirated and unaspirated stops
ⓘ
contrast between dental and retroflex stops ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | dty ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ Northern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Pahari languages ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Nepal ⓘ |
| region |
Far-Western Development Region of Nepal
ⓘ
linked to:
Sudurpashchim Province
Himalayan foothills ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| sharesVocabularyWith |
Nepali language
ⓘ
linked to:
Nepali
other Khas languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Achham District
ⓘ
Baitadi District ⓘ Bajhang District ⓘ Bajura District ⓘ Dadeldhura District ⓘ Darchula District ⓘ Doti District ⓘ Far-Western Nepal ⓘ India ⓘ Kailali District ⓘ Kanchanpur District ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Sudurpashchim Province ⓘ Uttarakhand ⓘ |
| status | regional language in Nepal ⓘ |
| usedBy | Doteli people ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ local media ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Devanagari 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: Doteli language Description of subject: Doteli language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the far-western regions of Nepal, closely related to other Khas languages such as Nepali.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Doteli language