Basa Sasak

E179764

Austronesian language Malayo-Polynesian language language

Basa Sasak is the Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Sasak people on the island of Lombok in Indonesia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sasak language	20
Basa Sasak canonical	2
Bahasa Sasak	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1575671 — 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: Basa Sasak
Context triple: [Sasak language group, hasAlternativeName, Basa Sasak]

A. Sumbawa 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.
B. Sundanese
The Sundanese are an indigenous ethnic group of western Java in Indonesia, known for their distinct language, rich musical and dance traditions, and agrarian culture.
C. Buginese language
Buginese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its traditional Lontara script and rich literary heritage.
D. Madurese
The Madurese are an Austronesian ethnic group from Madura Island and surrounding regions of Indonesia, known for their distinct language, Islamic traditions, and maritime and cattle-breeding culture.
E. 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.
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: Basa Sasak
Target entity description: Basa Sasak is the Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Sasak people on the island of Lombok in Indonesia.

A. Sumbawa 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.
B. Sundanese
The Sundanese are an indigenous ethnic group of western Java in Indonesia, known for their distinct language, rich musical and dance traditions, and agrarian culture.
C. Buginese language
Buginese language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its traditional Lontara script and rich literary heritage.
D. Madurese
The Madurese are an Austronesian ethnic group from Madura Island and surrounding regions of Indonesia, known for their distinct language, Islamic traditions, and maritime and cattle-breeding culture.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ language ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
ethnicity	Sasak people ⓘ
glottocode	sasa1249 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Basa Sasak ⓘ surface form: Sasak language
hasCulturalAssociation	Sasak literature ⓘ Sasak oral poetry ⓘ Sasak traditional songs ⓘ
hasDialects	Kuto-Kute dialect ⓘ Meno-Mene dialect ⓘ Mriak-Mriku dialect ⓘ Ngeno-Ngene dialect ⓘ Ngeto-Ngete dialect ⓘ
hasInfluencesFrom	Balinese language ⓘ Indonesian ⓘ surface form: Indonesian language Javanese ⓘ surface form: Javanese language
hasMorphology	affixation ⓘ
hasPhonology	contrastive vowel length ⓘ
hasRegisterSystem	speech levels ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	sas ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
lexifierFor	Sasak-based local varieties ⓘ
mainIsland	Lombok ⓘ
neighboringLanguages	Balinese ⓘ Sumbawa language ⓘ
partOf	languages of Indonesia ⓘ
region	West Nusa Tenggara ⓘ
spokenBy	Sasak people ⓘ several million speakers ⓘ
spokenIn	Indonesia ⓘ Lombok ⓘ
status	regional language in Indonesia ⓘ
subclassOf	Indonesian local language ⓘ
typology	SVO word order ⓘ
usedAlongside	Indonesian language ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ Javanese script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited