Qabiao language
E899579
The Qabiao language is a lesser-known Kra language spoken by the Qabiao ethnic group in parts of northern Vietnam and southern China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qabiao language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11012449 — 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: Qabiao language Context triple: [Kra languages, hasSubgroup, Qabiao language]
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A.
Tai Nüa language
The Tai Nüa language is a Southwestern Tai language spoken primarily by the Tai Nüa people in parts of China and Southeast Asia, closely related to other Tai languages such as Thai and Lao.
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B.
Queyu language
The Queyu language is a lesser-known Sino-Tibetan tongue spoken by the Queyu (Choyo) people of western Sichuan, China, and is closely related to other Qiangic languages.
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C.
Chaoshan language
The Chaoshan language is a Southern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong, known for its distinct phonology and strong cultural identity among Teochew and Swatow communities.
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D.
Kavalan language
The Kavalan language is an endangered Austronesian language of the indigenous Kavalan people of northeastern Taiwan.
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E.
Kaxabu language
The Kaxabu language is an indigenous Formosan language of Taiwan spoken by the Kaxabu people and considered highly endangered.
- 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: Qabiao language Target entity description: The Qabiao language is a lesser-known Kra language spoken by the Qabiao ethnic group in parts of northern Vietnam and southern China.
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A.
Tai Nüa language
The Tai Nüa language is a Southwestern Tai language spoken primarily by the Tai Nüa people in parts of China and Southeast Asia, closely related to other Tai languages such as Thai and Lao.
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B.
Queyu language
The Queyu language is a lesser-known Sino-Tibetan tongue spoken by the Queyu (Choyo) people of western Sichuan, China, and is closely related to other Qiangic languages.
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C.
Chaoshan language
The Chaoshan language is a Southern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong, known for its distinct phonology and strong cultural identity among Teochew and Swatow communities.
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D.
Kavalan language
The Kavalan language is an endangered Austronesian language of the indigenous Kavalan people of northeastern Taiwan.
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E.
Kaxabu language
The Kaxabu language is an indigenous Formosan language of Taiwan spoken by the Kaxabu people and considered highly endangered.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kra language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Gelao language
ⓘ
Lachi language ⓘ |
| codeInGlottolog | qabi1235 ⓘ |
| country |
People's Republic of China
ⓘ
linked to:
China
Socialist Republic of Vietnam ⓘ |
| documentedBy | field linguists ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
assimilation into majority populations
ⓘ
intergenerational transmission decline ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Qabiao ethnic group ⓘ |
| family |
Kra branch
ⓘ
Kra–Dai language family ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ka Beo
ⓘ
Kabeo ⓘ Laqua ⓘ Laqua (Qabiao) ⓘ Pubiao ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | analytic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant inventory
ⓘ
lexical tone ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | small population ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | laq ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Kra–Dai
ⓘ
linked to:
Tai–Kadai languages
|
| languageStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| region |
Cao Bằng Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Cao Bang Province
Hà Giang Province ⓘ Yunnan Province ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Qabiao people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
northern Vietnam ⓘ southern China ⓘ |
| subfamily | Kra ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
language shift to Chinese
ⓘ
language shift to Vietnamese ⓘ |
| usedAs | home language ⓘ |
| usedIn | Qabiao traditional culture ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no widely used standard writing system ⓘ |
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: Qabiao language Description of subject: The Qabiao language is a lesser-known Kra language spoken by the Qabiao ethnic group in parts of northern Vietnam and southern China.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.