Southern Arapesh language
E1021848
The Southern Arapesh language is a Papuan language of the Torricelli family spoken by the Arapesh people of northern Papua New Guinea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Arapesh language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13114256 — 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: Southern Arapesh language Context triple: [Arapesh, speaks, Southern Arapesh language]
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A.
Cheroenhaka language
The Cheroenhaka language, also known as Nottoway, is an Iroquoian language historically spoken by the Nottoway (Cheroenhaka) people of southeastern Virginia.
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B.
Miccosukee language
The Miccosukee language is a Native American Muskogean language traditionally spoken by the Miccosukee people of the southeastern United States, particularly in Florida.
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C.
Quapaw language
The Quapaw language is an endangered Native American language of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan family, traditionally spoken by the Quapaw people of the central United States.
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D.
Coosan languages
The Coosan languages are a small group of closely related, now-extinct Native American languages once spoken along the southern Oregon coast.
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E.
Gros Ventre language
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
- 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: Southern Arapesh language Target entity description: The Southern Arapesh language is a Papuan language of the Torricelli family spoken by the Arapesh people of northern Papua New Guinea.
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A.
Cheroenhaka language
The Cheroenhaka language, also known as Nottoway, is an Iroquoian language historically spoken by the Nottoway (Cheroenhaka) people of southeastern Virginia.
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B.
Miccosukee language
The Miccosukee language is a Native American Muskogean language traditionally spoken by the Miccosukee people of the southeastern United States, particularly in Florida.
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C.
Quapaw language
The Quapaw language is an endangered Native American language of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan family, traditionally spoken by the Quapaw people of the central United States.
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D.
Coosan languages
The Coosan languages are a small group of closely related, now-extinct Native American languages once spoken along the southern Oregon coast.
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E.
Gros Ventre language
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Arapesh people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Torricelli language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | sout2947 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Southern Arapesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Arapesh (Southern)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bumbita Arapesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Arapesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Bumbita dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wautogik dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Weri dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Womsis dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Wutun dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch | grammatical description by linguists of Papuan languages ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Abelam language
ⓘ
Abuʼ Arapesh language NERFINISHED ⓘ Boikin language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mountain Arapesh language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone absent
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
gender system
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noun classes ⓘ prefixal morphology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tok Pisin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | ape ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Torricelli language phylum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Arapesh branch ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Torricelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| region |
East Sepik Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sandaun Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Papua New Guinea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Arapesh languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Papuan languages ⓘ Torricelli languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Arapesh communities in village contexts ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication within Arapesh communities
ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Southern Arapesh language Description of subject: The Southern Arapesh language is a Papuan language of the Torricelli family spoken by the Arapesh people of northern Papua New Guinea.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.