Eggon language
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Eggon language is a Plateau language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family, spoken primarily by the Eggon people in central Nigeria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eggon language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3312098 — 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: Eggon language Context triple: [Eggon people, language, Eggon language]
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A.
Negidal language
The Negidal language is a critically endangered Tungusic language traditionally spoken by the Negidal people in the Russian Far East along the lower Amur River.
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B.
Eonavian language
Eonavian language is a Romance language variety spoken in the western coastal region of Asturias, Spain, sharing features with both Galician and Asturian.
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C.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
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D.
Hoanya language
The Hoanya language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Hoanya people of western Taiwan and classified among the indigenous Formosan languages.
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E.
Piipaash language
The Piipaash language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Piipaash (Maricopa) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
- 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: Eggon language Target entity description: Eggon language is a Plateau language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family, spoken primarily by the Eggon people in central Nigeria.
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A.
Negidal language
The Negidal language is a critically endangered Tungusic language traditionally spoken by the Negidal people in the Russian Far East along the lower Amur River.
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B.
Eonavian language
Eonavian language is a Romance language variety spoken in the western coastal region of Asturias, Spain, sharing features with both Galician and Asturian.
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C.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
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D.
Hoanya language
The Hoanya language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Hoanya people of western Taiwan and classified among the indigenous Formosan languages.
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E.
Piipaash language
The Piipaash language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Piipaash (Maricopa) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benue–Congo language
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ Plateau language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Eggon
ⓘ
Egón ⓘ Eggon ⓘ
surface form:
Mada Eggon
|
| hasConsonantInventoryType | moderate ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Eggon of Wakama
ⓘ
surface form:
Eggon of Arikpa
Eggon of Nassarawa-Eggon area ⓘ Eggon of Wakama ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
home
ⓘ
local markets ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Eggon people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | eggo1241 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | ego ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticClassification |
Atlantic–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Benue–Congo
PLATEAU ⓘ
surface form:
Plateau
Volta-Congo ⓘ
surface form:
Volta–Congo
|
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryUse | everyday communication within Eggon communities ⓘ |
| hasVowelSystemType | seven-vowel system ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isSpokenAsL1 | true ⓘ |
| isSpokenByPopulation | tens of thousands of speakers ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | descriptive linguistic studies on Plateau languages ⓘ |
| isTonalLanguage | true ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Benue–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Benue–Congo
|
| languageFamily |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger–Congo
|
| languageGroup | Plateau ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Alago language
ⓘ
Gwandara language ⓘ Mada language ⓘ |
| partOf |
Benue–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Benue–Congo branch
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Niger–Congo language family
|
| region | Nasarawa State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Eggon people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Nigeria
ⓘ
central Nigeria ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Plateau languages ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eggon language Description of subject: Eggon language is a Plateau language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family, spoken primarily by the Eggon people in central Nigeria.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.