Karay-a language
E179460
The Karay-a language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, particularly in the province of Antique and neighboring areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karay-a language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1585561 — 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: Karay-a language Context triple: [Bisayan languages subgroup, hasMember, Karay-a language]
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A.
Karao language
The Karao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Karao people in the Cordillera region of northern Luzon in the Philippines.
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B.
Kayan language
The Kayan language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kayan people of Borneo, particularly in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
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C.
Kayeli language
The Kayeli language is an Austronesian language once spoken on Buru Island in Indonesia, now critically endangered or possibly extinct.
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D.
Cabiyari language
The Cabiyari language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Cabiyari people of the northwestern Amazon region.
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E.
Yola language
The Yola language was an extinct West Germanic language once spoken in County Wexford, Ireland, that preserved many archaic features derived from early English settlers.
- 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: Karay-a language Target entity description: The Karay-a language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, particularly in the province of Antique and neighboring areas.
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A.
Karao language
The Karao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Karao people in the Cordillera region of northern Luzon in the Philippines.
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B.
Kayan language
The Kayan language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kayan people of Borneo, particularly in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
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C.
Kayeli language
The Kayeli language is an Austronesian language once spoken on Buru Island in Indonesia, now critically endangered or possibly extinct.
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D.
Cabiyari language
The Cabiyari language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Cabiyari people of the northwestern Amazon region.
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E.
Yola language
The Yola language was an extinct West Germanic language once spoken in County Wexford, Ireland, that preserved many archaic features derived from early English settlers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Karay-a
ⓘ
Kinaray-a ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Aklanon language
ⓘ
Capiznon language ⓘ Hiligaynon language ⓘ Masbatenyo language ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable (regional shift toward Hiligaynon and Filipino) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Karay-a people ⓘ |
| glottocode | kara1483 ⓘ |
| glottologName |
Kinaray-a
ⓘ
surface form:
Kinaray-A
|
| hasDialect |
Aklanon-influenced Karay-a
ⓘ
Iloilo Karay-a ⓘ
surface form:
Antiqueño Karay-a
Capiznon-influenced Karay-a ⓘ Iloilo Karay-a ⓘ |
| hasPhonemicContrast |
glottal stop
ⓘ
long and short vowels ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | krj ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarity | Hiligaynon language ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| partOf | Visayan languages ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | verb–subject–object ⓘ |
| region |
Aklan
ⓘ
surface form:
Aklan province
Antique province ⓘ Capiz ⓘ
surface form:
Capiz province
Iloilo province ⓘ Negros Occidental ⓘ
surface form:
Negros Occidental province
Palawan ⓘ
surface form:
Palawan province
Western Visayas ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Aklan
ⓘ
surface form:
Aklan, Philippines
Antique, Philippines ⓘ Capiz ⓘ
surface form:
Capiz, Philippines
Iloilo ⓘ
surface form:
Iloilo, Philippines
Mindanao (migrant communities) ⓘ Negros Occidental ⓘ
surface form:
Negros Occidental, Philippines
Palawan ⓘ
surface form:
Palawan, Philippines
|
| status | regional language in the Philippines ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Central Philippine languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Philippine languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ local radio broadcasting ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Karay-a language Description of subject: The Karay-a language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, particularly in the province of Antique and neighboring areas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.