Nawdm
E917986
Nawdm is a Gur (Voltaic) language spoken primarily in northern Togo and neighboring regions of West Africa.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nawdm canonical | 7 |
| Naudm | 1 |
| Nawdm (ISO 639-3: nmz) | 1 |
| Nsaw | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11302691 — 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: Nawdm Context triple: [Voltaic languages, hasMemberLanguage, Nawdm]
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A.
Nawar
Nawar are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group of the Middle East, culturally and linguistically related to the Dom people and often associated with peripatetic trades and marginalized social status.
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B.
Nafe
Nafe is an indigenous Oceanic language spoken in Vanuatu.
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C.
Nawbahar
Nawbahar was the mother of Mahmud of Ghazni, the prominent 11th-century sultan who founded the Ghaznavid Empire in present-day Afghanistan and northern India.
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D.
Nawat
Nawat is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language of El Salvador, traditionally spoken by the Pipil people and now the focus of revitalization efforts.
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E.
Navedenga
Navedenga is a large-scale, immersive installation by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto that envelops viewers in a sensorial environment of organic forms, textiles, and spices.
- 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: Nawdm Target entity description: Nawdm is a Gur (Voltaic) language spoken primarily in northern Togo and neighboring regions of West Africa.
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A.
Nawar
Nawar are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group of the Middle East, culturally and linguistically related to the Dom people and often associated with peripatetic trades and marginalized social status.
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B.
Nafe
Nafe is an indigenous Oceanic language spoken in Vanuatu.
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C.
Nawbahar
Nawbahar was the mother of Mahmud of Ghazni, the prominent 11th-century sultan who founded the Ghaznavid Empire in present-day Afghanistan and northern India.
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D.
Nawat
Nawat is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language of El Salvador, traditionally spoken by the Pipil people and now the focus of revitalization efforts.
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E.
Navedenga
Navedenga is a large-scale, immersive installation by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto that envelops viewers in a sensorial environment of organic forms, textiles, and spices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur language
ⓘ
Voltaic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfSpeakers | 100000+ ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Africa ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Burkina Faso
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ Togo ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Nawdba ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | northern Togo and adjacent border areas of Burkina Faso and Ghana ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Naudm
ⓘ
linked to:
Nawdm
Nawda ⓘ Nawdba ⓘ Nawdm language ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | nmz ⓘ |
| isSpokenBy | Nawdm speakers ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Atlantic–Congo
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic–Congo languages
|
| languageFamily |
Gur languages
ⓘ
Niger–Congo ⓘ
linked to:
Niger–Congo languages
|
| linguisticClassification | Niger–Congo > Atlantic–Congo > Gur > Northern Gur ⓘ |
| nativeName | Nawdm ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Gurma
ⓘ
Kabiye ⓘ Moba ⓘ
linked to:
Bimoba
|
| region |
Kara Region
ⓘ
Savanes Region ⓘ |
| regionType | savanna zone ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ Togo ⓘ West Africa ⓘ northern Togo ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Togo
|
| subfamily |
Northern Gur languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Gur
|
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| 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
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Input
Subject: Nawdm Description of subject: Nawdm is a Gur (Voltaic) language spoken primarily in northern Togo and neighboring regions of West Africa.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nawdm
linked to: Nawdm
linked to: Nawdm