Mwotlap
E168149
Mwotlap is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken on Mota Lava and nearby islands in northern Vanuatu.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mwotlap canonical | 4 |
| Mwotlap proper | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1351983 — 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: Mwotlap Context triple: [Vanuatu languages, includesLanguage, Mwotlap]
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A.
Kasulu
Kasulu is a town in western Tanzania that serves as one of the main urban and commercial centers of the Kigoma Region.
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B.
Lomwe
Lomwe is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Mozambique and Malawi by the Lomwe people.
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C.
Mvita
Mvita is an alternative name for Kimvita, a historic Swahili settlement and cultural center on the coast of present-day Kenya.
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D.
Lusiana
Lusiana is a small town in the Veneto region of northern Italy, known as the birthplace of Indian politician Sonia Gandhi.
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E.
Nembe
Nembe is an Ijaw subgroup and town in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, known historically as a coastal trading center in the Niger Delta.
- 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: Mwotlap Target entity description: Mwotlap is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken on Mota Lava and nearby islands in northern Vanuatu.
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A.
Kasulu
Kasulu is a town in western Tanzania that serves as one of the main urban and commercial centers of the Kigoma Region.
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B.
Lomwe
Lomwe is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Mozambique and Malawi by the Lomwe people.
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C.
Mvita
Mvita is an alternative name for Kimvita, a historic Swahili settlement and cultural center on the coast of present-day Kenya.
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D.
Lusiana
Lusiana is a small town in the Veneto region of northern Italy, known as the birthplace of Indian politician Sonia Gandhi.
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E.
Nembe
Nembe is an Ijaw subgroup and town in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, known historically as a coastal trading center in the Niger Delta.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Motlav
ⓘ
Mwerlap language ⓘ
surface form:
Mwotlap language
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Lemerig
ⓘ
Mota language ⓘ Vera’a ⓘ Vurës ⓘ |
| country | Vanuatu ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| glottocode | mwot1237 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Mwotlap
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mwotlap proper
Volow ⓘ |
| hasDictionaryBy | Alexandre François ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex spatial deictic system
ⓘ
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ noun classifiers ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
possessive classifiers
ⓘ
predominantly analytic morphology ⓘ verbal aspect markers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasReferenceGrammarBy | Alexandre François ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | mlv ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian
North and Central Vanuatu area ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Vanuatu
Oceanic ⓘ Western Oceanic ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Oceanic
|
| numberOfSpeakers | approximately 1800 ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakersDate | early 21st century ⓘ |
| partOf |
Torres–Banks languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Torres–Banks languages continuum
|
| region |
North and Central Vanuatu area
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Vanuatu
|
| spokenIn |
Mota Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vanua Lava ⓘ
surface form:
Mota Lava
Mota Lava Island ⓘ Ra Island ⓘ Banks Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Torres and Banks Islands
Vanua Lava ⓘ Vanuatu ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Torres–Banks languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Torres–Banks language
|
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
local education (informal) ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mwotlap Description of subject: Mwotlap is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken on Mota Lava and nearby islands in northern Vanuatu.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mwotlap proper