Supyire language
E949729
The Supyire language is a Senufo language spoken primarily in southern Mali by the Supyire people, known for its complex tonal system and rich noun class morphology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Supyire language canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11827493 — 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: Supyire language Context triple: [Senufo languages, hasMember, Supyire language]
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A.
Piipaash language
The Piipaash language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Piipaash (Maricopa) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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B.
Hoanya language
The Hoanya language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Hoanya people of western Taiwan and classified among the indigenous Formosan languages.
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C.
Karkar-Yuri language
Karkar-Yuri is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, spoken by the Karkar and Yuri peoples in the Sepik region.
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D.
Saraveca language
The Saraveca language is an extinct Arawakan language once spoken in Bolivia, known from very limited historical documentation.
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E.
Argobba language
The Argobba language is an endangered Ethiosemitic language spoken by the Argobba people of Ethiopia, closely related to Harari and other languages of the Harar region.
- 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: Supyire language Target entity description: The Supyire language is a Senufo language spoken primarily in southern Mali by the Supyire people, known for its complex tonal system and rich noun class morphology.
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A.
Piipaash language
The Piipaash language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Piipaash (Maricopa) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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B.
Hoanya language
The Hoanya language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Hoanya people of western Taiwan and classified among the indigenous Formosan languages.
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C.
Karkar-Yuri language
Karkar-Yuri is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, spoken by the Karkar and Yuri peoples in the Sepik region.
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D.
Saraveca language
The Saraveca language is an extinct Arawakan language once spoken in Bolivia, known from very limited historical documentation.
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E.
Argobba language
The Argobba language is an endangered Ethiosemitic language spoken by the Argobba people of Ethiopia, closely related to Harari and other languages of the Harar region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger–Congo language
ⓘ
Senufo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnicGroup | Supyire people ⓘ |
| country | Mali ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | relatively vigorous (but under pressure from Bambara and French) ⓘ |
| family |
Niger–Congo
ⓘ
linked to:
Niger–Congo languages
|
| geographicDistribution |
Sikasso Region of Mali
ⓘ
linked to:
Sikasso Region
|
| glottocode | supy1238 ⓘ |
| glottologName |
Supyire Senoufo
ⓘ
linked to:
Senoufo
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Supyire Senoufo
ⓘ
linked to:
Senoufo
Sìpìré ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Debara
ⓘ
Fufula ⓘ Kufulo ⓘ Nyenere ⓘ Supyire proper ⓘ
linked to:
Supyire
Syenara ⓘ |
| hasDomain | traditional culture of Supyire people ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith | other Central Senufo languages ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex tonal system
ⓘ
noun classes ⓘ rich noun class morphology ⓘ tone ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agreement with noun classes
ⓘ
prefixal noun class markers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
tone marking grammatical distinctions ⓘ |
| hasProsodicFeature |
downstep
ⓘ
multiple level tones ⓘ |
| hasResearchOn |
noun class system
ⓘ
tone and focus ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SOV word order ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bambara language
ⓘ
French language ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | other Senufo varieties (partially) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | spp ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | some local literacy programs in Mali ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Supyire people ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Mali ⓘ |
| spokenPrimarilyIn | southern Mali ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Senufo languages ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Supyire grammar by Jeffrey Heath ⓘ |
| usedBy | rural communities in southern Mali ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local trade
ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Supyire language Description of subject: The Supyire language is a Senufo language spoken primarily in southern Mali by the Supyire people, known for its complex tonal system and rich noun class morphology.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.