Murutic languages
E536158
The Murutic languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Murut and neighboring indigenous communities in northern Borneo, especially in Sabah, Malaysia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Murutic languages canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5575434 — 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: Murutic languages Context triple: [Bornean languages, hasSubgroup, Murutic languages]
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A.
Dusunic languages
The Dusunic languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Dusun and related ethnic groups in northern Borneo, especially in the Malaysian state of Sabah.
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B.
Dhegihan languages
The Dhegihan languages are a subgroup of the Siouan language family traditionally spoken by several Native American tribes of the central United States, including the Omaha, Ponca, Osage, Kansa, and Quapaw.
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C.
Katuic languages
Katuic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Laos, Vietnam, and neighboring regions by various indigenous ethnic groups.
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D.
Yuin–Kuric languages
The Yuin–Kuric languages are a subgroup of Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken in southeastern Australia, including the language of the Wiradjuri people.
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E.
Illyrian language
The Illyrian language was an extinct Indo-European language once spoken by the ancient Illyrian peoples in the western Balkans, known primarily from sparse onomastic and epigraphic evidence.
- 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: Murutic languages Target entity description: The Murutic languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Murut and neighboring indigenous communities in northern Borneo, especially in Sabah, Malaysia.
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A.
Dusunic languages
The Dusunic languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Dusun and related ethnic groups in northern Borneo, especially in the Malaysian state of Sabah.
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B.
Dhegihan languages
The Dhegihan languages are a subgroup of the Siouan language family traditionally spoken by several Native American tribes of the central United States, including the Omaha, Ponca, Osage, Kansa, and Quapaw.
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C.
Katuic languages
Katuic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Laos, Vietnam, and neighboring regions by various indigenous ethnic groups.
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D.
Yuin–Kuric languages
The Yuin–Kuric languages are a subgroup of Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken in southeastern Australia, including the language of the Wiradjuri people.
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E.
Illyrian language
The Illyrian language was an extinct Indo-European language once spoken by the ancient Illyrian peoples in the western Balkans, known primarily from sparse onomastic and epigraphic evidence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealFeatureOf | Borneo linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
interior regions of Sabah
ⓘ
interior regions of northern Borneo ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bookan Murut language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kemaloh language ⓘ Keningau Murut language NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Bawan language ⓘ Long Merarap language ⓘ Long Mio language NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Pasia language NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Semadoh language NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Sukang language ⓘ Long Tengoa language ⓘ Lun Bawang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lun Dayeh language ⓘ Lundayeh language NERFINISHED ⓘ Okolod language ⓘ Paluan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Selungai Murut language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sembakung Murut language ⓘ Tagol Murut language ⓘ Timugon Murut language NERFINISHED ⓘ Trusan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| languageBranchOf | Austronesian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Austronesian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Austronesian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Island Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dusunic languages
ⓘ
Paitanic languages ⓘ Southwest Sabahan languages ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Lun Bawang people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lundayeh people NERFINISHED ⓘ Murut people NERFINISHED ⓘ neighboring indigenous communities of northern Borneo ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brunei
NERFINISHED
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Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ North Kalimantan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Borneo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
North Bornean languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sabahan languages ⓘ |
| typologically | mostly agglutinative ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO-dominant ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Murutic languages Description of subject: The Murutic languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Murut and neighboring indigenous communities in northern Borneo, especially in Sabah, Malaysia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.