South Tanna language
E603809
South Tanna language is an Oceanic language spoken on the southern part of Tanna Island in Vanuatu.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Tanna language | 1 |
| South Tanna language canonical | 1 |
| Tanna languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6564662 — 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: South Tanna language Context triple: [Kwamera, hasAlternativeName, South Tanna language]
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A.
Vella Lavella language
The Vella Lavella language is an Oceanic language spoken by the indigenous population of Vella Lavella Island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Marovo language
The Marovo language is an Oceanic language spoken primarily in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands, especially around the Marovo Lagoon.
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C.
Roviana language
The Roviana language is an Oceanic language spoken primarily in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands, especially around Roviana Lagoon, and serves as an important regional lingua franca.
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D.
South Marquesan language
South Marquesan is a Polynesian language spoken in the southern part of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, closely related to other Marquesic languages.
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E.
Kapingamarangi language
The Kapingamarangi language is a Polynesian outlier language spoken primarily on Kapingamarangi Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.
- 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: South Tanna language Target entity description: South Tanna language is an Oceanic language spoken on the southern part of Tanna Island in Vanuatu.
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A.
Vella Lavella language
The Vella Lavella language is an Oceanic language spoken by the indigenous population of Vella Lavella Island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Marovo language
The Marovo language is an Oceanic language spoken primarily in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands, especially around the Marovo Lagoon.
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C.
Roviana language
The Roviana language is an Oceanic language spoken primarily in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands, especially around Roviana Lagoon, and serves as an important regional lingua franca.
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D.
South Marquesan language
South Marquesan is a Polynesian language spoken in the southern part of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, closely related to other Marquesic languages.
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E.
Kapingamarangi language
The Kapingamarangi language is a Polynesian outlier language spoken primarily on Kapingamarangi Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryCode | VU ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnologueReference | South Tanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | sout2850 ⓘ |
| glottologName | South Tanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kwamera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nafe language ⓘ Nawis language NERFINISHED ⓘ South Tanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Austronesian language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Oceanic language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Kwamera dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Port Resolution dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ White Sands dialect ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
daily communication
ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | moderately agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
small consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasTypology | SVO basic word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | nwi ⓘ |
| isSpokenIn | Tafea Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSpokenOn | Tanna Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Lenakel language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Tanna language NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitesands language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Vanuatu linguistic area ⓘ |
| region |
Melanesia
ⓘ
South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | indigenous communities of southern Tanna ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Tanna Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Tanna Island ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Southern Vanuatu language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local education
ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| 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: South Tanna language Description of subject: South Tanna language is an Oceanic language spoken on the southern part of Tanna Island in Vanuatu.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tanna languages
this entity surface form:
North Tanna language