Yola language
E21037
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yola language canonical | 6 |
| Yola language (historical) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T169164 — 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: Yola language Context triple: [Old English, isAncestorOf, Yola language]
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A.
Pichi language
Pichi is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in Equatorial Guinea, where it serves as a major lingua franca and has significantly shaped local varieties of Spanish.
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B.
Ipai language
The Ipai language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Ipai) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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C.
Yavapai language
The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.
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D.
Chemehuevi language
Chemehuevi language is a critically endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Chemehuevi people of the Great Basin region in the southwestern United States.
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E.
Fang language
Fang is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Fang people of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Cameroon, notable for its significant influence on local varieties of Spanish and French.
- 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: Yola language Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Pichi language
Pichi is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in Equatorial Guinea, where it serves as a major lingua franca and has significantly shaped local varieties of Spanish.
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B.
Ipai language
The Ipai language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Ipai) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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C.
Yavapai language
The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.
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D.
Chemehuevi language
Chemehuevi language is a critically endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Chemehuevi people of the Great Basin region in the southwestern United States.
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E.
Fang language
Fang is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Fang people of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Cameroon, notable for its significant influence on local varieties of Spanish and French.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglic language
ⓘ
West Germanic language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Anglo-Frisian dialects
ⓘ
surface form:
Forth and Bargy dialect
Yola ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Fingallian
ⓘ
surface form:
Fingallian language
Middle English dialects of south-west England ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Early Modern English
ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ |
| developedFrom | speech of English settlers arriving after the Norman invasion of Ireland ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Jacob Poole ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
18th-century texts
ⓘ
19th-century texts ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland
ⓘ
Old English settlers in Ireland ⓘ |
| extinctIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| glottologCode | yola1234 ⓘ |
| hasAncestralLanguage | Old English ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
conservative phonology
ⓘ
loanwords from Irish ⓘ loanwords from Norman French ⓘ many archaic English vocabulary items ⓘ retention of Middle English grammatical features ⓘ strong influence from south-western English dialects ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | distinct second person plural pronouns ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | retention of long vowels similar to Middle English ⓘ |
| hasWork | A Glossary with some pieces of verse of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy in the County of Wexford ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Early modern period
ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Irish English
ⓘ
surface form:
Hiberno-English
Irish language ⓘ Anglo-Norman ⓘ
surface form:
Norman French
|
| isoException | dialect ⓘ |
| languageEndangermentStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| lastKnownSpeakersDate | late 19th century ⓘ |
| nameEtymologyLanguage | English dialect of Wexford ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | old ⓘ |
| primaryArea | baronies of Forth and Bargy ⓘ |
| region | County Wexford ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
County Wexford
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Germanic language
ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ |
| usedIn | rural communities of south County Wexford ⓘ |
| writingSystem | 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
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Input
Subject: Yola language Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yola language (historical)
subject surface form:
Baronies of Forth and Bargy