Laha language
E901987
The Laha language is a lesser-known Kra language spoken by the Laha ethnic group in northern Vietnam.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laha language canonical | 2 |
| Laha language (Hani subgroup) | 1 |
| Laha language (Vietnam) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11012452 — 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: Laha language Context triple: [Kra languages, hasSubgroup, Laha language]
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A.
Laka language
Laka language is a lesser-known Adamawa–Ubangi language spoken in parts of Central Africa, particularly in Chad and neighboring regions.
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B.
Lakalai language
The Lakalai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Lakalai people of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
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C.
Lamaholot language
The Lamaholot language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in eastern Flores and nearby islands in Indonesia, known for its numerous dialects and complex verbal morphology.
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D.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
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E.
Nomlaki language
The Nomlaki language is an endangered Native American language traditionally spoken by the Nomlaki people of northern California.
- 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: Laha language Target entity description: The Laha language is a lesser-known Kra language spoken by the Laha ethnic group in northern Vietnam.
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A.
Laka language
Laka language is a lesser-known Adamawa–Ubangi language spoken in parts of Central Africa, particularly in Chad and neighboring regions.
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B.
Lakalai language
The Lakalai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Lakalai people of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
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C.
Lamaholot language
The Lamaholot language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in eastern Flores and nearby islands in Indonesia, known for its numerous dialects and complex verbal morphology.
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D.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
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E.
Nomlaki language
The Nomlaki language is an endangered Native American language traditionally spoken by the Nomlaki people of northern California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kra language
ⓘ
Tai–Kadai language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| country |
Vietnam
ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| ethnicity | Laha ⓘ |
| glottologCode | laha1254 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Laha (Viet Nam) ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Dry Laha
ⓘ
linked to:
Laha
Wet Laha ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch | described in studies of Kra languages in Vietnam ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | tonal language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | lha ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Kra branch
ⓘ
Kra languages ⓘ Tai–Kadai language family ⓘ
linked to:
Tai–Kadai languages
|
| neighboringLanguages |
Black Tai language
ⓘ
Khmu language ⓘ
linked to:
Khmuic languages
Thai language ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ |
| region |
Northwest Vietnam
ⓘ
linked to:
northwestern Vietnam
Son La Province ⓘ
linked to:
Son La province
Yen Bai Province ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Laha ethnic group
ⓘ
linked to:
Lakkia ethnic group
Laha people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Vietnam
ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
northern Vietnam ⓘ |
| status |
endangered language
ⓘ
minority language ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Laha ethnic group in Vietnam
ⓘ
linked to:
Mon–Khmer ethnic groups in Vietnam
|
| 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: Laha language Description of subject: The Laha language is a lesser-known Kra language spoken by the Laha ethnic group in northern Vietnam.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Laha language
linked to: Laha language