Aslian branch
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The Aslian branch is a subgroup of Austroasiatic languages spoken primarily by indigenous communities in the Malay Peninsula and parts of southern Thailand.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aslian branch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1945888 — 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: Aslian branch Context triple: [Austroasiatic, hasLanguage, Aslian branch]
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A.
Ellicean languages
Ellicean languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in parts of Polynesia, including Tuvalu and surrounding island regions.
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B.
Gur languages
Gur languages are a large branch of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in West Africa, especially in countries such as Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, and Ivory Coast.
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C.
Afroasiatic languages
Afroasiatic languages are a major language family of Africa and parts of Western Asia that includes languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, and Hausa.
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D.
Proto-Southern Dravidian
Proto-Southern Dravidian is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern Southern Dravidian languages, such as Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam, are derived.
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E.
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup
The Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising Samoan and a scattered set of related Polynesian languages spoken in Samoa and various outlying islands across the Pacific.
- 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: Aslian branch Target entity description: The Aslian branch is a subgroup of Austroasiatic languages spoken primarily by indigenous communities in the Malay Peninsula and parts of southern Thailand.
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A.
Ellicean languages
Ellicean languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in parts of Polynesia, including Tuvalu and surrounding island regions.
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B.
Gur languages
Gur languages are a large branch of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in West Africa, especially in countries such as Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, and Ivory Coast.
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C.
Afroasiatic languages
Afroasiatic languages are a major language family of Africa and parts of Western Asia that includes languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, and Hausa.
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D.
Proto-Southern Dravidian
Proto-Southern Dravidian is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern Southern Dravidian languages, such as Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam, are derived.
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E.
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup
The Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising Samoan and a scattered set of related Polynesian languages spoken in Samoa and various outlying islands across the Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language branch
ⓘ
subgroup of Austroasiatic languages ⓘ |
| contactWith |
Chinese languages in Malaysia
ⓘ
Malay language ⓘ Thai language ⓘ |
| country |
Malaysia
ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus |
many languages severely endangered
ⓘ
several languages critically endangered ⓘ |
| geneticRelation |
Mon-Khmer
ⓘ
surface form:
Mon-Khmer languages
|
| hasAlternativeName | Aslian languages ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Batek
ⓘ
Besisi ⓘ Chewong ⓘ Jah Hut ⓘ Jahai ⓘ Kensiu ⓘ Kintaq ⓘ Kintaq ⓘ
surface form:
Kintaq Bong
Lanoh ⓘ Mah Meri ⓘ Menriq ⓘ Mintil ⓘ Sabüm ⓘ Semai ⓘ Semaq Beri ⓘ Semelai ⓘ Temiar ⓘ Temoq ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Central Aslian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Aslian
Northern Aslian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Aslian
Southern Aslian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Aslian
|
| hasWritingSystem | primarily unwritten ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austroasiatic
ⓘ
surface form:
Austroasiatic language family
|
| region |
West Malaysia
ⓘ
surface form:
Peninsular Malaysia
|
| spokenBy |
Orang Asli
ⓘ
indigenous communities of the Malay Peninsula ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Malay Peninsula
ⓘ
southern Thailand ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Austroasiatic comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
complex vowel systems
ⓘ
contrastive nasalization ⓘ rich consonant inventories ⓘ use of register or voice quality contrasts ⓘ |
| usedFor |
oral tradition
ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ traditional ecological knowledge transmission ⓘ |
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: Aslian branch Description of subject: The Aslian branch is a subgroup of Austroasiatic languages spoken primarily by indigenous communities in the Malay Peninsula and parts of southern Thailand.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.