Laka (Chad)
E923590
Laka (Chad) is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in southwestern Chad.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laka (Chad) canonical | 1 |
| Laka of Chad | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11397558 — 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: Laka (Chad) Context triple: [Laka language, hasAlternativeName, Laka (Chad)]
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A.
Maba (Chad)
Maba (Chad) is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by the Maba people in eastern Chad.
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B.
Maroua
Maroua is a prominent city in northern Cameroon known as a regional commercial and cultural center near the Sahel.
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C.
Koussassé
Koussassé is an alternative name for the Kusaal language, a Gur language spoken primarily in northern Ghana and parts of Burkina Faso.
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D.
Sarh
Sarh is a city in southern Chad that serves as a regional commercial and transportation hub along the Chari River.
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E.
Ndiass
Ndiass is a village in western Senegal that serves as the host community for Blaise Diagne International Airport, one of the country’s main air transport hubs.
- 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: Laka (Chad) Target entity description: Laka (Chad) is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in southwestern Chad.
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A.
Maba (Chad)
Maba (Chad) is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by the Maba people in eastern Chad.
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B.
Maroua
Maroua is a prominent city in northern Cameroon known as a regional commercial and cultural center near the Sahel.
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C.
Koussassé
Koussassé is an alternative name for the Kusaal language, a Gur language spoken primarily in northern Ghana and parts of Burkina Faso.
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D.
Sarh
Sarh is a city in southern Chad that serves as a regional commercial and transportation hub along the Chari River.
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E.
Ndiass
Ndiass is a village in western Senegal that serves as the host community for Blaise Diagne International Airport, one of the country’s main air transport hubs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Sudanic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Chad ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Laka (Lau)
ⓘ
Laka of Chad ⓘ
linked to:
Laka (Chad)
Laka of Lau ⓘ Lau Laka ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
family communication
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ traditional culture ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | laka1253 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Laka of Lau ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
noun class or gender-like distinctions ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| hasStatus | minority language in Chad ⓘ |
| hasTypology | SVO word order ⓘ |
| hasUsage | daily communication in local communities ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
| isDifferentFrom |
Laka (Nigeria)
ⓘ
Laka language (Nigeria) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | lap ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Central Sudanic language area of Chad ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | descriptive linguistic studies on Central Sudanic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Central Sudanic
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Sudanic languages
Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
linked to:
Nilo-Saharan languages
|
| neighboringLanguage |
Moundang
ⓘ
Ngambay ⓘ Sara languages ⓘ |
| region | southwestern Chad ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Laka people (Chad)
ⓘ
linked to:
Laka people
|
| spokenIn |
Chad
ⓘ
southwestern Chad ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Central Sudanic languages
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education (local literacy programs)
ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ |
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: Laka (Chad) Description of subject: Laka (Chad) is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in southwestern Chad.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Laka (Chad)