Kambera language
E157754
Kambera language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia, known for its complex morphology and rich oral tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kambera language canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1384890 — 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: Kambera language Context triple: [Sumba, language, Kambera language]
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A.
Kamviri language
The Kamviri language is a Nuristani language spoken primarily by the Kam people in parts of eastern Afghanistan and neighboring regions of Pakistan.
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B.
Korandje language
The Korandje language is a highly endangered Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the oasis town of Tabelbala in southwestern Algeria, notable for its heavy influence from Berber and Arabic.
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C.
Kalanguya language
The Kalanguya language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Luzon highlands of the Philippines.
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D.
Kumzari language
The Kumzari language is an endangered Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Kumzari people in the Musandam Peninsula of Oman.
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E.
Sabine language
The Sabine language was an extinct Italic tongue once spoken by the ancient Sabine people of central Italy, closely related to other Osco-Umbrian languages.
- 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: Kambera language Target entity description: Kambera language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia, known for its complex morphology and rich oral tradition.
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A.
Kamviri language
The Kamviri language is a Nuristani language spoken primarily by the Kam people in parts of eastern Afghanistan and neighboring regions of Pakistan.
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B.
Korandje language
The Korandje language is a highly endangered Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the oasis town of Tabelbala in southwestern Algeria, notable for its heavy influence from Berber and Arabic.
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C.
Kalanguya language
The Kalanguya language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Luzon highlands of the Philippines.
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D.
Kumzari language
The Kumzari language is an endangered Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Kumzari people in the Musandam Peninsula of Oman.
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E.
Sabine language
The Sabine language was an extinct Italic tongue once spoken by the ancient Sabine people of central Italy, closely related to other Osco-Umbrian languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
East Sumbanese
ⓘ
Hambera ⓘ Kambera-Sumba ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | VSO/VOS tendencies ⓘ |
| hasCliticPlacement | second-position clitics ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Kambera
ⓘ
surface form:
Kambera proper
Mamboru-related varieties ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | linguistic fieldwork descriptions ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex pronominal clitic system
ⓘ
focus on aspect and mood marking ⓘ productive reduplication ⓘ rich oral tradition ⓘ verb-initial word order tendencies ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | kamb1297 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Kambera ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | xbr ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom | Indonesian language ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | complex morphology ⓘ |
| hasNominalMorphology | limited case marking ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasResearch | descriptive grammar by Marian Klamer ⓘ |
| hasSVOAlternativeOrder | yes ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalProfile |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ |
| hasUsageDomain |
home and community domains
ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasVerbalMorphology | rich affixation ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isEndangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| isInfluencedBy | Indonesian language ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Sumba–Flores languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Sumba languages
|
| languageFamily |
Austronesian
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian
|
| region | eastern Sumba ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ Sumba ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Central Malayo-Polynesian language
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ Sumba–Flores languages ⓘ
surface form:
Sumba–Flores language
|
| usedBy |
Lamboya people
ⓘ
surface form:
Kambera people
|
| usedFor |
daily communication on Sumba
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional ritual speech ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kambera language Description of subject: Kambera language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia, known for its complex morphology and rich oral tradition.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages