South Ambrym language
E608746
South Ambrym language is an Oceanic language of the Austronesian family spoken on the southern part of Ambrym Island in Vanuatu.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Ambrym language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6663360 — 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 Ambrym language Context triple: [Ambrym, hasLanguage, South Ambrym language]
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A.
Samawa language
The Samawa language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Samawa (Sumbawa) people of Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, closely related to the Sasak language of neighboring Lombok.
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B.
South Tanna language
South Tanna language is an Oceanic language spoken on the southern part of Tanna Island in Vanuatu.
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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.
Baoulé language
The Baoulé language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Baoulé people of central Côte d'Ivoire.
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E.
Mangarevan language group
The Mangarevan language group is a subgroup of Polynesian languages spoken primarily in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia, closely related to other Eastern Polynesian languages.
- 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 Ambrym language Target entity description: South Ambrym language is an Oceanic language of the Austronesian family spoken on the southern part of Ambrym Island in Vanuatu.
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A.
Samawa language
The Samawa language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Samawa (Sumbawa) people of Sumbawa Island in Indonesia, closely related to the Sasak language of neighboring Lombok.
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B.
South Tanna language
South Tanna language is an Oceanic language spoken on the southern part of Tanna Island in Vanuatu.
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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.
Baoulé language
The Baoulé language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Baoulé people of central Côte d'Ivoire.
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E.
Mangarevan language group
The Mangarevan language group is a subgroup of Polynesian languages spoken primarily in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia, closely related to other Eastern Polynesian languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Oceanic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Ni-Vanuatu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologName | South Ambrym NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
South Ambrym
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Ambrym NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Endu dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Epi-Ambrym dialect continuum (local varieties) ⓘ Toak dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
home and community
ⓘ
local cultural practices ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | sout2857 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | tvk ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
possessive classifiers
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subject proclitics on verbs ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
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prenasalized stops ⓘ small consonant inventory typical of Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
basic SVO word order
ⓘ
prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
head-initial syntax
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inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Ambrym languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarityWith | other Central Vanuatu languages ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+11 ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Daakaka language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lonwolwol language ⓘ North Ambrym language ⓘ Port Vato language ⓘ |
| region | Malampa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ambrym Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | southern Ambrym ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Central Vanuatu language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ Southern Oceanic language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Bislama
NERFINISHED
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English NERFINISHED ⓘ French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral communication ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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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 Ambrym language Description of subject: South Ambrym language is an Oceanic language of the Austronesian family spoken on the southern part of Ambrym Island in Vanuatu.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.