New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
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The New Caledonian–Loyalty languages are a subgroup of Oceanic languages spoken primarily in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands in the southwest Pacific.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200660 — 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: New Caledonian–Loyalty languages Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, New Caledonian–Loyalty languages]
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A.
Carolinean languages
Carolinean languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages traditionally spoken in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia.
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B.
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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C.
Meso-Melanesian languages
The Meso-Melanesian languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
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D.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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E.
Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
- 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: New Caledonian–Loyalty languages Target entity description: The New Caledonian–Loyalty languages are a subgroup of Oceanic languages spoken primarily in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands in the southwest Pacific.
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A.
Carolinean languages
Carolinean languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages traditionally spoken in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia.
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B.
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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C.
Meso-Melanesian languages
The Meso-Melanesian languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
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D.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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E.
Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oceanic languages subgroup
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language subgroup ⓘ |
| arealFeature |
southwest Pacific Ocean
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surface form:
Southwest Pacific
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| arealGroup |
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Loyalty Islands languages
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
New Caledonian languages
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| branchOf | Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| glottologClassification |
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
New Caledonian–Loyalty
|
| hasCharacteristic |
high internal diversity
ⓘ
spoken by relatively small speech communities ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ajië language
ⓘ
Cèmuhî language ⓘ Drehu language ⓘ Fagauvea language ⓘ Iaai language ⓘ Nemi language ⓘ Nengone language ⓘ Paicî language ⓘ Xârâcùù language ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Loyalty Islands languages
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
New Caledonian languages
|
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Melanesia ⓘ |
| macroFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| region |
New Caledonia
ⓘ
surface form:
Loyalty Islands
New Caledonia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Fijian languages
ⓘ
Vanuatu languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
New Caledonia
ⓘ
surface form:
Loyalty Islands
New Caledonia ⓘ southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
Southwest Pacific Ocean
|
| subclassOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
predominantly SVO word order
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rich pronominal systems ⓘ use of prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ |
| usedBy |
indigenous peoples of New Caledonia
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indigenous peoples of the Loyalty Islands ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Caledonian–Loyalty languages Description of subject: The New Caledonian–Loyalty languages are a subgroup of Oceanic languages spoken primarily in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands in the southwest Pacific.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Southern Oceanic languages
this entity surface form:
Loyalty Islands languages
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian languages
this entity surface form:
Southern Oceanic languages subgroup
this entity surface form:
Loyalty Islands languages subgroup
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian languages subgroup
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
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hasSubgroup
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New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
New Caledonian languages
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
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hasSubgroup
→
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Loyalty Islands languages
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
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glottologClassification
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New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
New Caledonian–Loyalty
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
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arealGroup
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New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
New Caledonian languages
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
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arealGroup
→
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Loyalty Islands languages
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian–Loyalties languages
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian languages
this entity surface form:
Loyalty Islands languages
this entity surface form:
Loyalty Islands languages
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian–Loyalty Islands languages
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian language
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian – Loyalties languages
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian language
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian languages
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian languages
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian languages
this entity surface form:
Loyalty Islands languages
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian–Loyalty Islands languages
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian languages
this entity surface form:
New Caledonian languages