Dusun

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Austronesian ethnic group ethnic group indigenous people language community

Dusun is an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group and language community native to the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Dusun canonical	6
Central Dusun	1
Dusun Witu	1
Interior Dusun	1
Kimaragang Dusun	1
Kwijau Dusun	1
Tindal Dusun	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2775738 — 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: Dusun
Context triple: [Kota Kinabalu, commonLanguagesSpoken, Dusun]

A. Kidani Village
Kidani Village is a Disney Vacation Club resort area themed after an African village, featuring savanna-view accommodations and cultural theming adjacent to Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
B. Rovenna village
Rovenna village is a small, picturesque hamlet in the hills above Cernobbio on Lake Como, known for its traditional charm and scenic views.
C. Agulo village
Agulo village is a picturesque, historic settlement on the island of La Gomera in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its traditional architecture, dramatic coastal cliffs, and scenic views.
D. Kanekes village
Kanekes village is a traditional rural settlement in Banten, Indonesia, best known as the homeland of the indigenous Baduy people who maintain a highly preserved customary way of life.
E. Tarama Village
Tarama Village is a small administrative municipality in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, encompassing the remote Tarama and Minna islands in the Miyako Island chain.
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: Dusun
Target entity description: Dusun is an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group and language community native to the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.

A. Kidani Village
Kidani Village is a Disney Vacation Club resort area themed after an African village, featuring savanna-view accommodations and cultural theming adjacent to Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
B. Rovenna village
Rovenna village is a small, picturesque hamlet in the hills above Cernobbio on Lake Como, known for its traditional charm and scenic views.
C. Agulo village
Agulo village is a picturesque, historic settlement on the island of La Gomera in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its traditional architecture, dramatic coastal cliffs, and scenic views.
D. Kanekes village
Kanekes village is a traditional rural settlement in Banten, Indonesia, best known as the homeland of the indigenous Baduy people who maintain a highly preserved customary way of life.
E. Tarama Village
Tarama Village is a small administrative municipality in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, encompassing the remote Tarama and Minna islands in the Miyako Island chain.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian ethnic group ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ language community ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
countrySubdivision	Malaysian state of Sabah ⓘ
culturalRegion	interior of Sabah ⓘ west coast of Sabah ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup	Austronesian peoples ⓘ
harvestFestival	Kaamatan ⓘ
hasLanguage	Dusun language ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Kadazan-Dusun ⓘ Dusun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kimaragang Dusun Dusun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kwijau Dusun Liwan Dusun ⓘ Rungus ⓘ surface form: Rungus Dusun Tambunan Dusun ⓘ Dusun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tindal Dusun Tambunan Dusun ⓘ surface form: Tobilung Dusun
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily	Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
locatedOn	Borneo ⓘ
nativeTo	Sabah ⓘ
partOf	Kadazan-Dusun ⓘ surface form: Kadazan-Dusun peoples
primaryLivelihood	agriculture ⓘ
recognizedAs	indigenous people of Sabah ⓘ
region	northern Borneo ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Rungus ⓘ surface form: Bisaya (Borneo) Kadazan-Dusun ⓘ surface form: Kadazan Murut ⓘ Rungus ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
traditionalCrop	hill paddy ⓘ wet paddy ⓘ
traditionalDress	black handwoven costume with beadwork ⓘ
traditionalFestival	Kaamatan ⓘ
traditionalHouseType	stilt house ⓘ
traditionalInstrument	gong ⓘ sompoton ⓘ
traditionalMusic	gong ensemble ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	rice farming ⓘ
traditionalPractice	rice cultivation rituals ⓘ shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligion	animism ⓘ folk religion ⓘ
usesLanguage	Dusun language ⓘ English ⓘ surface form: English language Malay ⓘ surface form: Malay language

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kota Kinabalu → commonLanguagesSpoken → Dusun ⓘ

Kadazan Dusun language → hasDialects → Dusun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interior Dusun

Kadazan Dusun language → hasAlternativeName → Dusun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Dusun

Kadazan Dusun language → hasAlternativeName → Dusun ⓘ

Dusun Witu language → altName → Dusun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dusun Witu

Kadazan-Dusun → subgroup → Dusun ⓘ

Keningau → hasEthnicGroup → Dusun ⓘ

Keningau → hasLanguage → Dusun ⓘ

Dusun → hasSubgroup → Dusun self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tindal Dusun

Dusun → hasSubgroup → Dusun self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kimaragang Dusun

Dusun → hasSubgroup → Dusun self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kwijau Dusun

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