Sawu language
E177711
The Sawu language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Savu (Sawu) Island in eastern Indonesia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Savu language | 2 |
| Sawu language canonical | 2 |
| Sawu–Dhao language group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1532924 — 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: Sawu language Context triple: [Flores–Lembata languages, hasMember, Sawu language]
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A.
Suwawa language
The Suwawa language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Suwawa people of northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is part of the Gorontalo–Mongondow subgroup.
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B.
Sawai language
The Sawai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Sawai people of eastern Indonesia, particularly in the Maluku region.
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C.
Tonsawang language
Tonsawang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tonsawang people in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is part of the Minahasan subgroup.
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D.
Kedayan language
The Kedayan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kedayan people of Brunei, Sabah, and parts of Borneo, closely related to Malay and other Greater North Borneo languages.
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E.
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.
- 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: Sawu language Target entity description: The Sawu language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Savu (Sawu) Island in eastern Indonesia.
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A.
Suwawa language
The Suwawa language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Suwawa people of northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is part of the Gorontalo–Mongondow subgroup.
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B.
Sawai language
The Sawai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Sawai people of eastern Indonesia, particularly in the Maluku region.
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C.
Tonsawang language
Tonsawang language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tonsawang people in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is part of the Minahasan subgroup.
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D.
Kedayan language
The Kedayan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Kedayan people of Brunei, Sabah, and parts of Borneo, closely related to Malay and other Greater North Borneo languages.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dawan language
ⓘ
surface form:
Dhao language
|
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Savu people
ⓘ
surface form:
Sawu people
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Hawu
ⓘ
Hawu ⓘ
surface form:
Hawun
Sabu ⓘ Savu ⓘ Sawunese ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Liae dialect
ⓘ
Mesara dialect ⓘ Raijua dialect ⓘ Sebba dialect ⓘ Timu dialect ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | hvn ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Central Malayo-Polynesian
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian
|
| primaryLocation | Savu Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia ⓘ |
| region |
Lesser Sunda Islands
ⓘ
eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ Savu Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Sawu Island ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local administration on Savu Island
ⓘ
oral literature on Savu Island ⓘ traditional rituals on Savu Island ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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: Sawu language Description of subject: The Sawu language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on Savu (Sawu) Island in eastern Indonesia.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Savu language
this entity surface form:
Savu language
this entity surface form:
Sawu–Dhao language group