Isoko language
E934604
The Isoko language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Isoko people of southern Nigeria, particularly in Delta State.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isoko language canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11579153 — 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: Isoko language Context triple: [Urhobo language, closelyRelatedTo, Isoko language]
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A.
Kioko language
The Kioko language is an Austronesian language of the Muna–Buton subgroup spoken by a small community in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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B.
Keiyo language
The Keiyo language is a Southern Nilotic language spoken by the Keiyo people of Kenya’s Rift Valley, closely associated with and linguistically similar to other Kalenjin languages such as Kipsigis.
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C.
Sa’och language
The Sa’och language is an endangered Austroasiatic language spoken by the Sa’och people of Cambodia and Thailand, belonging to the Pearic branch.
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D.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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E.
Miyako language
The Miyako language is a Southern Ryukyuan language of Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, spoken primarily on the Miyako Islands and noted for its distinct phonology and endangered status.
- 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: Isoko language Target entity description: The Isoko language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Isoko people of southern Nigeria, particularly in Delta State.
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A.
Kioko language
The Kioko language is an Austronesian language of the Muna–Buton subgroup spoken by a small community in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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B.
Keiyo language
The Keiyo language is a Southern Nilotic language spoken by the Keiyo people of Kenya’s Rift Valley, closely associated with and linguistically similar to other Kalenjin languages such as Kipsigis.
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C.
Sa’och language
The Sa’och language is an endangered Austroasiatic language spoken by the Sa’och people of Cambodia and Thailand, belonging to the Pearic branch.
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D.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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E.
Miyako language
The Miyako language is a Southern Ryukyuan language of Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, spoken primarily on the Miyako Islands and noted for its distinct phonology and endangered status.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger–Congo language
ⓘ
Southwestern Edoid language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion |
Christianity in Isoko areas
ⓘ
traditional Isoko religion ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Africa ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Edo language
ⓘ
Urhobo language ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Isoko people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family |
Niger–Congo
ⓘ
linked to:
Niger–Congo languages
|
| glottologName | Isoko ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Isoko ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Enwhe dialect
ⓘ
Erowha dialect ⓘ Iyede dialect ⓘ Oleh dialect ⓘ Uzere dialect ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | true ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | isok1238 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | iso ⓘ |
| hasNativeName | Isoko ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
tone
ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ |
| hasSVOOrder | true ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Nigeria ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Edoid languages of southern Nigeria ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Southwestern Edoid ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | Edoid language ⓘ |
| primaryLocation | Delta State, Nigeria ⓘ |
| region | southern Nigeria ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Isoko people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Delta State
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Atlantic–Congo
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic–Congo languages
Edoid ⓘ Southwestern Edoid ⓘ
linked to:
Southwestern Edoid languages
Volta–Niger ⓘ |
| usedAs | vernacular language in Isoko communities ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication among Isoko people ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Isoko oral literature
ⓘ
cultural ceremonies of the Isoko people ⓘ local administration in Isoko areas ⓘ |
| 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: Isoko language Description of subject: The Isoko language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Isoko people of southern Nigeria, particularly in Delta State.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.