Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
E30020
The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200681 — 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: Gorontalo–Mongondow languages Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, Gorontalo–Mongondow languages]
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A.
South Sulawesi languages
South Sulawesi languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known for their significant internal diversity and historical importance in the region.
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B.
Celebic–South Halmahera languages
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
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C.
Danao languages
The Danao languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern Philippines, including languages such as Maranao, Maguindanaon, and Iranun.
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D.
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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E.
Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
- 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: Gorontalo–Mongondow languages Target entity description: The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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A.
South Sulawesi languages
South Sulawesi languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, known for their significant internal diversity and historical importance in the region.
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B.
Celebic–South Halmahera languages
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
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C.
Danao languages
The Danao languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern Philippines, including languages such as Maranao, Maguindanaon, and Iranun.
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D.
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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E.
Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages subgroup
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealFeature |
contact with Malay and Indonesian
ⓘ
contact with Minahasan languages ⓘ |
| arealGrouping |
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Sulawesi languages
|
| arealMacroregion | Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| branchOf | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Minahasan languages
ⓘ
other Philippine-type Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
North Sulawesi
ⓘ
surface form:
northern Sulawesi, Indonesia
|
| glottologCode | goro1272 ⓘ |
| glottologReferenceName |
Gorontalo
ⓘ
surface form:
Gorontalo-Mongondow
|
| hasMember |
Atinggola language
ⓘ
Bintauna language ⓘ Bolango language ⓘ Gorontalo language ⓘ Kaidipang language ⓘ Gorontalo–Mongondow languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mongondow language
Suwawa language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | affixal verb morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | typical Austronesian consonant and vowel inventories ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | focus-like voice system ⓘ |
| ISO639Scope | macrolinguistic grouping (no single ISO code for subgroup) ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| linguisticClassificationLevel | subgroup ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+8 ⓘ |
| partOf | Philippine subgroup of Austronesian ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Indonesia ⓘ |
| region |
North Sulawesi
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Sulawesi
Celebes ⓘ
surface form:
Sulawesi
|
| researchField | Austronesian linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Gorontalo
ⓘ
surface form:
Gorontalo Province
North Sulawesi ⓘ
surface form:
North Sulawesi Province
|
| status | regional languages of Indonesia ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Philippine languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
Austronesian alignment patterns
ⓘ
predominantly verb-initial word order ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Gorontalo people
ⓘ
Mongondow people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
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: Gorontalo–Mongondow languages Description of subject: The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tomini–Tolitoli languages
this entity surface form:
Gorontalo-Mongondow languages
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
→
hasMember
→
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Mongondow language
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
→
arealGrouping
→
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Northern Sulawesi languages
this entity surface form:
Gorontalo–Mongondow subgroup of Austronesian
this entity surface form:
Gorontalo–Mongondow language group