Sumbawa language

E164781

Austronesian language natural language

The Sumbawa language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its place within the Bima–Sumba subgroup and its distinct phonological and grammatical features.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sumbawa language canonical	10
Bahasa Sumbawa	1
Sumbawa languages	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1416051 — 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: Sumbawa language
Context triple: [Bima–Sumba languages, hasMemberLanguage, Sumbawa language]

A. Bima–Sumba languages
The Bima–Sumba languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on the islands of Sumbawa and Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
B. Bima language
Bima language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its distinct grammar and vocabulary within the region.
C. Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
D. Ketagalan language
The Ketagalan language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Ketagalan people in northern Taiwan, traditionally classified among the Formosan languages.
E. Flores–Lembata languages
The Flores–Lembata languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken on the islands of Flores and Lembata in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinctive phonological and grammatical features within the 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: Sumbawa language
Target entity description: The Sumbawa language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its place within the Bima–Sumba subgroup and its distinct phonological and grammatical features.

A. Bima–Sumba languages
The Bima–Sumba languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on the islands of Sumbawa and Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
B. Bima language
Bima language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, known for its distinct grammar and vocabulary within the region.
C. Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
D. Ketagalan language
The Ketagalan language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Ketagalan people in northern Taiwan, traditionally classified among the Formosan languages.
E. Flores–Lembata languages
The Flores–Lembata languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken on the islands of Flores and Lembata in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinctive phonological and grammatical features within the region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
coexistsWithLanguage	Bimanese language ⓘ Indonesian language ⓘ Basa Sasak ⓘ surface form: Sasak language
hasAlternateName	Bahasa Samawa ⓘ Sumbawa language ⓘ surface form: Bahasa Sumbawa Samawa ⓘ Sumbawa Besar ⓘ
hasDomain	daily communication ⓘ local ceremonies ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ
hasGlottocode	sumb1242 ⓘ
hasGlottologName	Sumbawa ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	aspect and mood marked by particles ⓘ no grammatical gender ⓘ numeral classifiers limited or absent ⓘ reduplication for derivation and plurality ⓘ use of clitics for pronominal marking ⓘ verb–initial word order tendencies ⓘ
hasISO6393Code	smw ⓘ
hasNeighborLanguage	Bimanese language ⓘ Dompu language ⓘ Manggarai language ⓘ Basa Sasak ⓘ surface form: Sasak language
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length not phonemic ⓘ prenasalized stops ⓘ simple vowel inventory ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
isEndangeredStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
isNotSameAs	Bimanese language ⓘ Basa Sasak ⓘ surface form: Sasak language
isSubjectOf	comparative Austronesian research ⓘ descriptive grammars ⓘ phonological studies ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ surface form: Austronesian
region	western and central parts of Sumbawa Island ⓘ
spokenIn	Indonesia ⓘ Sumbawa ⓘ surface form: Sumbawa Island West Nusa Tenggara ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Austronesian languages ⓘ Bima–Sumba languages ⓘ Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup	Samawa people ⓘ Sumbawa people ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bima–Sumba languages → hasMemberLanguage → Sumbawa language ⓘ

Sasak language group → closelyRelatedTo → Sumbawa language ⓘ

Sumbawa → hasLanguage → Sumbawa language ⓘ

Pekat → hasLocalLanguages → Sumbawa language ⓘ

Sanggar → hasLanguage → Sumbawa language ⓘ

West Nusa Tenggara → hasLocalLanguage → Sumbawa language ⓘ

Balinese language → closelyRelatedTo → Sumbawa language ⓘ

Bima language → subgroup → Sumbawa language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sumbawa languages

Bima language → isRelatedTo → Sumbawa language ⓘ

Sumbawa language → hasAlternateName → Sumbawa language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bahasa Sumbawa

Basa Sasak → neighboringLanguages → Sumbawa language ⓘ

Javanic languages → hasMember → Sumbawa language ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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