Tukang Besi language
E135944
Tukang Besi is an Austronesian language of the Celebic subgroup spoken primarily in the Tukang Besi (Wakatobi) Islands of southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tukang Besi language canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1199516 — 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: Tukang Besi language Context triple: [Celebic languages, hasMember, Tukang Besi language]
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A.
Tat language
Tat language is an endangered Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Tat people of Azerbaijan and neighboring regions, distinct from but related to Judeo-Tat.
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B.
Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
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C.
Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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D.
Ludian language
The Ludian language is a lesser-known Uralic language spoken by the Ludic people in northwestern Russia, traditionally seen as transitional between Karelian and Veps.
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E.
Taman languages
Taman languages are a small group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan.
- 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: Tukang Besi language Target entity description: Tukang Besi is an Austronesian language of the Celebic subgroup spoken primarily in the Tukang Besi (Wakatobi) Islands of southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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A.
Tat language
Tat language is an endangered Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Tat people of Azerbaijan and neighboring regions, distinct from but related to Judeo-Tat.
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B.
Banjar language
The Banjar language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Banjar people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia, and is considered a regional variety closely associated with the broader Malay linguistic family.
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C.
Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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D.
Ludian language
The Ludian language is a lesser-known Uralic language spoken by the Ludic people in northwestern Russia, traditionally seen as transitional between Karelian and Veps.
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E.
Taman languages
Taman languages are a small group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kaledupa language
ⓘ
Liwu-Tukangbesi ⓘ Tukang Besi North ⓘ Wakatobi Regency ⓘ
surface form:
Wakatobi
|
| branchOf | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Muna language
ⓘ
Wolio language ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| documentedIn | A Grammar of Tukang Besi ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| family | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| glottocode | tuka1247 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Tukang Besi North ⓘ |
| grammarAuthor | Mark Donohue ⓘ |
| grammarPublicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Binongko dialect
ⓘ
Kaledupa dialect ⓘ Tomia dialect ⓘ Wangi-Wangi dialect ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
affixation
ⓘ
focus/voice morphology ⓘ reduplication ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
five-vowel system ⓘ prenasalized stops ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Indonesian language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | khc ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| macroArea | Papunesia ⓘ |
| primaryArea | Wakatobi Regency ⓘ |
| region | southeastern Sulawesi ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Tukang Besi people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Celebes ⓘ
surface form:
Sulawesi
Tukang Besi Islands ⓘ Wakatobi National Park ⓘ
surface form:
Wakatobi Islands
|
| subfamilyOf | Celebic languages ⓘ |
| subgroup | Celebic subgroup ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
VOS word order
ⓘ
VSO word order ⓘ ergative alignment features ⓘ prepositional language ⓘ rich voice system ⓘ verb–initial basic word order ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication in Wakatobi Islands ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tukang Besi language Description of subject: Tukang Besi is an Austronesian language of the Celebic subgroup spoken primarily in the Tukang Besi (Wakatobi) Islands of southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.