Tomini–Tolitoli languages
E170927
The Tomini–Tolitoli languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in northern Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their close genetic relationship and shared linguistic features.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tomini–Tolitoli languages canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1487533 — 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: Tomini–Tolitoli languages Context triple: [Celebic–South Halmahera languages, hasMember, Tomini–Tolitoli languages]
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A.
Temotu languages
Temotu languages are a small group of Oceanic languages spoken in the Temotu (Santa Cruz) Province of the southeastern Solomon Islands, notable for their unique features and relative isolation within the Austronesian family.
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B.
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.
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C.
Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
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D.
Timor–Babar languages
The Timor–Babar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Timor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex phonologies and diverse grammatical structures.
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E.
Bungku–Tolaki languages
The Bungku–Tolaki languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their shared phonological and grammatical features within the Celebic branch.
- 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: Tomini–Tolitoli languages Target entity description: The Tomini–Tolitoli languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in northern Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their close genetic relationship and shared linguistic features.
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A.
Temotu languages
Temotu languages are a small group of Oceanic languages spoken in the Temotu (Santa Cruz) Province of the southeastern Solomon Islands, notable for their unique features and relative isolation within the Austronesian family.
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B.
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.
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C.
Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
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D.
Timor–Babar languages
The Timor–Babar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Timor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex phonologies and diverse grammatical structures.
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E.
Bungku–Tolaki languages
The Bungku–Tolaki languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their shared phonological and grammatical features within the Celebic branch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy | ethnic groups of northern Central Sulawesi ⓘ |
| classifiedBy | linguistic comparative method ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Tolitoli
ⓘ
surface form:
Tolitoli Regency
Tomini Bay ⓘ
surface form:
Tomini Bay area
|
| hasGeneticRelationship | close internal genetic relationship ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeatures |
shared grammatical features
ⓘ
shared lexical features ⓘ shared phonological features ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Balaesang
ⓘ
Boano (Sulawesi) ⓘ Dampelas ⓘ Dondo ⓘ Pendau ⓘ Taje ⓘ Tialo ⓘ Tolitoli ⓘ Tomini ⓘ Totoli ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian language family
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch |
Tolitoli
ⓘ
surface form:
Tolitoli branch
Tomini branch ⓘ |
| shareInnovation |
common lexical innovations within Celebic
ⓘ
shared sound changes distinguishing them from other Celebic branches ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central Sulawesi
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | northern Central Sulawesi ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Celebic languages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tomini–Tolitoli languages Description of subject: The Tomini–Tolitoli languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in northern Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their close genetic relationship and shared linguistic features.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.