Kalinago language
E210233
The Kalinago language is an extinct Cariban language once spoken by the indigenous Kalinago (Island Carib) people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kalinago language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1872685 — 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: Kalinago language Context triple: [Carib languages, hasNotableLanguage, Kalinago language]
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A.
Kalanguya language
The Kalanguya language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Luzon highlands of the Philippines.
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B.
Banda-Linda language
The Banda-Linda language is a Banda language spoken by the Banda-Linda people of the Central African Republic.
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C.
Balangao language
The Balangao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Balangao people in the Mountain Province of the northern Philippines.
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D.
Kalinga language
The Kalinga language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalinga people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
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E.
Kapingamarangi language
The Kapingamarangi language is a Polynesian outlier language spoken primarily on Kapingamarangi Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.
- 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: Kalinago language Target entity description: The Kalinago language is an extinct Cariban language once spoken by the indigenous Kalinago (Island Carib) people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.
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A.
Kalanguya language
The Kalanguya language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Luzon highlands of the Philippines.
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B.
Banda-Linda language
The Banda-Linda language is a Banda language spoken by the Banda-Linda people of the Central African Republic.
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C.
Balangao language
The Balangao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Balangao people in the Mountain Province of the northern Philippines.
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D.
Kalinga language
The Kalinga language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalinga people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
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E.
Kapingamarangi language
The Kapingamarangi language is a Polynesian outlier language spoken primarily on Kapingamarangi Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cariban language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Carib
ⓘ
surface form:
Carib of the Lesser Antilles
Carib pidgin ⓘ
surface form:
Island Carib language
|
| associatedWith |
Grenada
ⓘ
Guadeloupe ⓘ Kalinago Territory, Dominica ⓘ Martinique ⓘ Saint Lucia ⓘ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Raymond Breton ⓘ |
| documentedIn | 17th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Carib peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Island Carib people
Kalinago people ⓘ |
| extinctionReason |
language shift to European colonial languages
ⓘ
population decline of Kalinago people ⓘ |
| feature |
Arawak-derived female speech
ⓘ
Cariban-derived male speech ⓘ male and female speech varieties ⓘ |
| hasGenderlects | yes ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticInfluenceOn |
Antillean Creole lexicon
ⓘ
Garifuna ⓘ
surface form:
Garifuna language
|
| ISOStatus | no current ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban languages ⓘ |
| lexifierFor | Island Carib-based pidgins ⓘ |
| macroRegion | Americas ⓘ |
| region | Eastern Caribbean ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Garifuna
ⓘ
surface form:
Garifuna language
Mainland Carib language ⓘ |
| researchField |
Cariban linguistics
ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northern Cariban ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
verb-final tendencies ⓘ |
| usedUntil | early modern period ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kalinago language Description of subject: The Kalinago language is an extinct Cariban language once spoken by the indigenous Kalinago (Island Carib) people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.