Barito languages subgroup
E34819
The Barito languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily along the Barito River region of southern Borneo and known for its close historical links to the Malagasy language of Madagascar.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barito languages | 9 |
| West Barito languages | 4 |
| Greater Barito languages | 3 |
| East Barito languages | 2 |
| Barito language group | 1 |
| Barito languages subgroup canonical | 1 |
| Barito subgroup | 1 |
| East Barito subgroup | 1 |
| Greater Barito language | 1 |
| North Barito languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200750 — 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: Barito languages subgroup Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, Barito languages subgroup]
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A.
Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup
The Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily by maritime Sama-Bajau peoples across the southern Philippines, eastern Malaysia, and parts of Indonesia.
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B.
Timor–Babar languages
The Timor–Babar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Timor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex phonologies and diverse grammatical structures.
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C.
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Bisayan languages subgroup
The Bisayan languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in the Visayas and parts of Mindanao and Luzon in the Philippines.
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E.
Bima–Sumba languages
The Bima–Sumba languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on the islands of Sumbawa and Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
- 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: Barito languages subgroup Target entity description: The Barito languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily along the Barito River region of southern Borneo and known for its close historical links to the Malagasy language of Madagascar.
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A.
Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup
The Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily by maritime Sama-Bajau peoples across the southern Philippines, eastern Malaysia, and parts of Indonesia.
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B.
Timor–Babar languages
The Timor–Babar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Timor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex phonologies and diverse grammatical structures.
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C.
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Bisayan languages subgroup
The Bisayan languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in the Visayas and parts of Mindanao and Luzon in the Philippines.
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E.
Bima–Sumba languages
The Bima–Sumba languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on the islands of Sumbawa and Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of the Austronesian language family
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Barito River ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Malagasy
ⓘ
surface form:
Malagasy language
|
| geographicDistribution |
Central Kalimantan
ⓘ
South Kalimantan ⓘ |
| glottoCategory | Austronesian language subgroup ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalLinkWith |
Malagasy
ⓘ
surface form:
Malagasy language
|
| hasMemberLanguage |
Bakumpai language
ⓘ
Dusun Malang language ⓘ Dusun Witu language ⓘ Lawangan language ⓘ Maanyan language ⓘ Malagasy ⓘ
surface form:
Malagasy language
Ngaju language ⓘ Bakumpai language ⓘ
surface form:
Paku language
Sampit language ⓘ |
| hasProtoLanguage | Proto-Barito ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Barito languages subgroup
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
East Barito languages
Mahakam languages ⓘ Barito languages subgroup self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
North Barito languages
Barito languages subgroup self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
West Barito languages
|
| knownFor |
historical relationship with Malagasy
ⓘ
role in Austronesian migration to Madagascar ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| locatedIn | southern Borneo ⓘ |
| partOf | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Barito River
ⓘ
surface form:
Barito River basin
|
| reconstructedFrom | comparative linguistic evidence ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Indonesia ⓘ |
| spokenOn | island of Borneo ⓘ |
| studiedBy | comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| typologically |
Malayo-Polynesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian
|
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Barito languages subgroup Description of subject: The Barito languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily along the Barito River region of southern Borneo and known for its close historical links to the Malagasy language of Madagascar.
Referenced by (24)
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Barito languages
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East Barito languages
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West Barito languages
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North Barito languages
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Barito languages
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Greater Barito languages
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West Barito languages
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West Barito languages
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Barito languages
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East Barito subgroup
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Barito language group
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Greater Barito languages
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Greater Barito language
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Barito languages
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Barito languages
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Barito languages
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Barito languages
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East Barito languages
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West Barito languages
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Barito subgroup
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Barito languages
this entity surface form:
Greater Barito languages