Mak language
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Mak language is a lesser-known Kam–Sui language spoken by an ethnic minority community in southern China, primarily in Guizhou Province.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mak language canonical | 3 |
| Mak (Mo) language | 1 |
| Mak language (Kam–Sui) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11137257 — 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: Mak language Context triple: [Kam–Sui languages, hasMemberLanguage, Mak language]
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A.
Makah language
The Makah language is a critically endangered Southern Wakashan language traditionally spoken by the Makah people of the northwestern Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, USA.
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B.
Makasae language
The Makasae language is a Papuan language spoken primarily in the eastern part of Timor-Leste by the Makasae people.
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C.
Makurap language
The Makurap language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Makurap people of the Amazon region in Brazil.
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D.
Makushi language
The Makushi language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken primarily by the Makushi people in northern Brazil and southern Guyana.
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E.
Wik-Mungkan language
Wik-Mungkan is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Wik-Mungkan people of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland and is one of the better-documented members of the Pama–Nyungan family.
- 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: Mak language Target entity description: Mak language is a lesser-known Kam–Sui language spoken by an ethnic minority community in southern China, primarily in Guizhou Province.
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A.
Makah language
The Makah language is a critically endangered Southern Wakashan language traditionally spoken by the Makah people of the northwestern Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, USA.
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B.
Makasae language
The Makasae language is a Papuan language spoken primarily in the eastern part of Timor-Leste by the Makasae people.
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C.
Makurap language
The Makurap language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Makurap people of the Amazon region in Brazil.
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D.
Makushi language
The Makushi language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken primarily by the Makushi people in northern Brazil and southern Guyana.
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E.
Wik-Mungkan language
Wik-Mungkan is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Wik-Mungkan people of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland and is one of the better-documented members of the Pama–Nyungan family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kam–Sui language
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Kam–Sui branch of Kra–Dai ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Mak ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mak (Mo) language
ⓘ
linked to:
Mak language
Maojia language ⓘ Mo language ⓘ |
| hasGlottologCode | maka1319 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | mkg ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
monosyllabic morphemes ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | analytic language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tones
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulationStatus | small number of speakers ⓘ |
| isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith | Standard Chinese ⓘ |
| isOftenClassifiedAs | variety distinct from standard Chinese ⓘ |
| isRecognizedAs | separate language in many linguistic classifications ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Kam language
ⓘ
Maonan language ⓘ Sui language ⓘ |
| isSpokenAlongside |
Southwestern Mandarin
ⓘ
Standard Chinese (Putonghua) ⓘ
linked to:
Standard Chinese
|
| isSubjectOf | field surveys by Chinese linguists ⓘ |
| isThreatenedBy | language shift to Chinese ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
home domain
ⓘ
intra-community communication ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Kam–Sui ⓘ |
| region |
Dushan County
ⓘ
Libo County ⓘ Pingtang County ⓘ southeastern Guizhou ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Mak people
ⓘ
ethnic minority in China ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Guizhou Province ⓘ southern China ⓘ |
| status |
lesser-known language
ⓘ
minority language ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Kra–Dai language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Tai–Kadai languages
|
| writingSystem | no widely used standardized 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: Mak language Description of subject: Mak language is a lesser-known Kam–Sui language spoken by an ethnic minority community in southern China, primarily in Guizhou Province.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mak language
linked to: Mak language