Arawakan languages
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The Arawakan languages are one of the largest and most widespread Indigenous language families of the Americas, historically spoken across much of South America and the Caribbean.
All labels observed (15)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T220530 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arawakan languages Context triple: [Taíno, languageFamily, Arawakan languages]
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Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles, notably in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and surrounding islands.
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Carolinean languages
Carolinean languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages traditionally spoken in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia.
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Papiamento
Papiamento is a creole language primarily spoken in the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire, with communities of speakers also found in parts of Europe and the Americas.
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New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
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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Southern Bantoid
Southern Bantoid is a major branch of the Bantoid languages that includes the large Bantu language family spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
- 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: Arawakan languages Target entity description: The Arawakan languages are one of the largest and most widespread Indigenous language families of the Americas, historically spoken across much of South America and the Caribbean.
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A.
Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles, notably in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and surrounding islands.
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B.
Carolinean languages
Carolinean languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages traditionally spoken in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia.
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C.
Papiamento
Papiamento is a creole language primarily spoken in the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire, with communities of speakers also found in parts of Europe and the Americas.
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New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
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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E.
Southern Bantoid
Southern Bantoid is a major branch of the Bantoid languages that includes the large Bantu language family spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
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How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Arawakan languages Description of subject: The Arawakan languages are one of the largest and most widespread Indigenous language families of the Americas, historically spoken across much of South America and the Caribbean.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Arawak languages
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Arawak languages
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Maipurean–Arawakan languages
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Arawakan
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Southern Arawakan languages
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Central Arawakan languages
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Caribbean Arawakan subgroup
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Arawak language
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Arawak languages
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Black Carib language
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Indigenous peoples of the Americas
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Arawakan
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Arawakan
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Southern Arawakan languages
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Northern Arawakan languages
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Southern Arawakan languages
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Northern Arawakan
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Arawakan language family
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Arawakan language family
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Northern Arawakan
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Northern Arawakan
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Northern Arawakan languages
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Southern Arawakan languages
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Northern Arawakan languages
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Arawakan
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Arawakan
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Arawakan language family
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Northern Arawakan
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Arawakan
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Arawakan language family
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Arawakan language family
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Arawakan language family
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Arawakan
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Arawak language