Ybanag
E458925
Ybanag is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Cagayan Valley region of the northern Philippines by the Ibanag people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ybanag canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4636688 — 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: Ybanag Context triple: [Ibanag, hasAlternativeName, Ybanag]
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A.
Ibora
Ibora was an ancient town in Pontus (in modern-day Turkey) known as the birthplace of the influential Christian monk and theologian Evagrius Ponticus.
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B.
Baretoa
Baretoa is a settlement located on Abemama Atoll in the island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Jauja
Jauja is a historic highland city in central Peru, known as the country’s first Spanish-founded capital and for its colonial architecture and Andean cultural heritage.
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D.
Arganil
Arganil is a municipality and town in central Portugal known for its mountainous landscapes, river beaches, and traditional schist villages.
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E.
Aburria
Aburria is a genus of birds in the family Cracidae, comprising several species of guans native to Neotropical forests of Central and South America.
- 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: Ybanag Target entity description: Ybanag is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Cagayan Valley region of the northern Philippines by the Ibanag people.
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A.
Ibora
Ibora was an ancient town in Pontus (in modern-day Turkey) known as the birthplace of the influential Christian monk and theologian Evagrius Ponticus.
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B.
Baretoa
Baretoa is a settlement located on Abemama Atoll in the island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Jauja
Jauja is a historic highland city in central Peru, known as the country’s first Spanish-founded capital and for its colonial architecture and Andean cultural heritage.
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D.
Arganil
Arganil is a municipality and town in central Portugal known for its mountainous landscapes, river beaches, and traditional schist villages.
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E.
Aburria
Aburria is a genus of birds in the family Cracidae, comprising several species of guans native to Neotropical forests of Central and South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Atta languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaddang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Itawit language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ibanag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Ibanag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling |
Ibanag language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ybanag language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Cagayan Ibanag
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isabela Ibanag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammarFeature |
Austronesian alignment
ⓘ
focus system ⓘ verb-initial word order tendency ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasNeighborLanguage |
Ilocano
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Itawit NERFINISHED ⓘ Tagalog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | ibg ⓘ |
| languageCodeStandard | ISO 639-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| primaryArea | Cagayan River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Cagayan Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Luzon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Ibanag people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cagayan Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cagayan Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Isabela Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines ⓘ |
| spokenNear |
Ilagan City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tuguegarao City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Cagayan Valley languages
ⓘ
Northern Luzon languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
language shift to English
ⓘ
language shift to Filipino ⓘ language shift to Ilocano ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication among Ibanag people
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local media in Cagayan Valley
ⓘ
oral tradition of the Ibanag people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ybanag Description of subject: Ybanag is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Cagayan Valley region of the northern Philippines by the Ibanag people.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.