Tem language
E916961
Tem is a Gur language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily in Togo and neighboring West African countries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tem language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11303081 — 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: Tem language Context triple: [Kabye language, closelyRelatedTo, Tem language]
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A.
Temein languages
The Temein languages are a small group of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken primarily in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.
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B.
Limba
The Limba are one of the largest and oldest indigenous ethnic groups in Sierra Leone, known for their distinct language, cultural traditions, and historical role in the country’s northern regions.
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C.
Tese language
Tese is a lesser-known Kadu (Kadugli) language spoken by an ethnic minority community in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan.
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D.
Mon language
Mon language is an Austroasiatic language historically spoken in parts of Myanmar and Thailand, notable for its ancient literary tradition and influence on regional scripts and cultures.
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E.
Ao language
Ao language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Ao Naga people in Nagaland, India.
- 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: Tem language Target entity description: Tem is a Gur language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily in Togo and neighboring West African countries.
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A.
Temein languages
The Temein languages are a small group of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken primarily in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.
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B.
Limba
The Limba are one of the largest and oldest indigenous ethnic groups in Sierra Leone, known for their distinct language, cultural traditions, and historical role in the country’s northern regions.
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C.
Tese language
Tese is a lesser-known Kadu (Kadugli) language spoken by an ethnic minority community in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan.
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D.
Mon language
Mon language is an Austroasiatic language historically spoken in parts of Myanmar and Thailand, notable for its ancient literary tradition and influence on regional scripts and cultures.
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E.
Ao language
Ao language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Ao Naga people in Nagaland, India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur language
ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kotokoli
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kotokoli language NERFINISHED ⓘ Temba ⓘ |
| belongsToPhylum | Atlantic-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tem people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Niger-Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeEthnonym | Temba people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConsonantSystem | rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasDialects | Kotokoli dialects ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | temm1240 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Tem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith | other Gur languages ⓘ |
| hasLinguasphereCode | 98-AAA-bf ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasSpeakersInDiaspora |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ivory Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional language ⓘ |
| hasTonalSystem | tonal language ⓘ |
| hasVowelSystem | advanced tongue root contrast ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn |
Benin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | kdh ⓘ |
| isSpokenBy | Muslim communities in Togo ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | Gur linguistics research ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Gur ⓘ |
| macroFamily | Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Dagbani language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ewe language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kabiye language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Central Togo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Benin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Gur languages ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral communication ⓘ |
| usedIn |
community life in northern Togo
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ traditional religion ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin 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: Tem language Description of subject: Tem is a Gur language of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily in Togo and neighboring West African countries.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.