Southern Alta
E585941
Southern Alta is an Austronesian language spoken by the Alta indigenous people in the mountainous regions of central Luzon in the Philippines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Alta canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6334400 — 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: Southern Alta Context triple: [Umiray Dumaget language, hasNeighboringLanguage, Southern Alta]
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A.
Southwestern British Columbia
Southwestern British Columbia is a coastal region of Canada encompassing the southern part of the province around Vancouver and the Sea-to-Sky corridor, known for its rugged mountains, temperate rainforests, and Pacific shoreline.
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B.
southern Alberta
Southern Alberta is a region of Alberta, Canada, characterized by its prairie landscapes, ranching and agricultural economy, and proximity to the Rocky Mountains.
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C.
South Slave Region
The South Slave Region is an administrative area in the southern part of the Northwest Territories, Canada, encompassing communities such as Hay River and Fort Smith along the southern shores of Great Slave Lake.
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D.
West Kootenay
West Kootenay is a mountainous region in southeastern British Columbia known for its small cities, outdoor recreation, and historic mining communities.
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E.
Northern British Columbia
Northern British Columbia is a vast, sparsely populated region of the Canadian province known for its rugged mountains, coastal fjords, dense forests, and resource-based communities.
- 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: Southern Alta Target entity description: Southern Alta is an Austronesian language spoken by the Alta indigenous people in the mountainous regions of central Luzon in the Philippines.
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A.
Southwestern British Columbia
Southwestern British Columbia is a coastal region of Canada encompassing the southern part of the province around Vancouver and the Sea-to-Sky corridor, known for its rugged mountains, temperate rainforests, and Pacific shoreline.
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B.
southern Alberta
Southern Alberta is a region of Alberta, Canada, characterized by its prairie landscapes, ranching and agricultural economy, and proximity to the Rocky Mountains.
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C.
South Slave Region
The South Slave Region is an administrative area in the southern part of the Northwest Territories, Canada, encompassing communities such as Hay River and Fort Smith along the southern shores of Great Slave Lake.
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D.
West Kootenay
West Kootenay is a mountainous region in southeastern British Columbia known for its small cities, outdoor recreation, and historic mining communities.
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E.
Northern British Columbia
Northern British Columbia is a vast, sparsely populated region of the Canadian province known for its rugged mountains, coastal fjords, dense forests, and resource-based communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | VSO ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Papunesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| domainOfUse | home and community communication ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Alta people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Alta (Southern)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Alta Philippine language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | no well-established dialectal division ⓘ |
| hasFeature | Austronesian alignment ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch | descriptive studies by field linguists ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNeighborLanguage |
Dumagat languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ilocano NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Alta NERFINISHED ⓘ Tagalog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive stress
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunityType | hunter-gatherer groups ⓘ |
| hasVowelSystem | five-vowel system ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | agy ⓘ |
| isOralTraditionStrong | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| languageShiftTo |
Ilocano
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tagalog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | verb–initial ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sierra Madre mountain range region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Southern Alta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith | Northern Alta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | mountainous regions of central Luzon ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Northern Alta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Alta people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Alta people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Luzon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ central Luzon ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Alta indigenous communities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Southern Alta Description of subject: Southern Alta is an Austronesian language spoken by the Alta indigenous people in the mountainous regions of central Luzon in the Philippines.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.