Bantu zone H
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Bantu zone H is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification system, grouping together closely related languages of the Niger-Congo family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bantu zone H canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6771686 — 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: Bantu zone H Context triple: [Guthrie classification of Niger-Congo, hasPart, Bantu zone H]
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A.
Bantu zone G
Bantu zone G is a group of closely related Bantu languages within the Guthrie classification system of the Niger-Congo language family.
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B.
Bantu zone D
Bantu zone D is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification system, comprising related languages spoken primarily in parts of Central Africa.
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C.
Bantu zone E
Bantu zone E is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification system, comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in parts of East and Central Africa.
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D.
Bantu zone A
Bantu zone A is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification, comprising languages spoken primarily in western Central Africa.
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E.
Bantu zone C
Bantu zone C is a group of closely related Bantu languages within the Niger-Congo family, defined as one of the geographic-linguistic clusters in Malcolm Guthrie’s classification system.
- 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: Bantu zone H Target entity description: Bantu zone H is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification system, grouping together closely related languages of the Niger-Congo family.
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A.
Bantu zone G
Bantu zone G is a group of closely related Bantu languages within the Guthrie classification system of the Niger-Congo language family.
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B.
Bantu zone D
Bantu zone D is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification system, comprising related languages spoken primarily in parts of Central Africa.
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C.
Bantu zone E
Bantu zone E is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification system, comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in parts of East and Central Africa.
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D.
Bantu zone A
Bantu zone A is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification, comprising languages spoken primarily in western Central Africa.
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E.
Bantu zone C
Bantu zone C is a group of closely related Bantu languages within the Niger-Congo family, defined as one of the geographic-linguistic clusters in Malcolm Guthrie’s classification system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language subgroup
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linguistic classification ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Southern Bantu languages
NERFINISHED
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languages of southern Africa ⓘ |
| classificationCriterion |
geographic distribution
ⓘ
lexical similarity ⓘ |
| classificationSystemUsed | Guthrie Bantu classification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Angola
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Botswana NERFINISHED ⓘ Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Zone H NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubclass |
H10 Bantu languages
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H20 Bantu languages ⓘ H30 Bantu languages ⓘ H40 Bantu languages ⓘ H50 Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ H60 Bantu languages ⓘ H70 Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ H80 Bantu languages ⓘ H90 Bantu languages ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Niger-Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Birwa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kgalagadi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kwandi NERFINISHED ⓘ Lala-Bisa NERFINISHED ⓘ Lemba NERFINISHED ⓘ Lozi NERFINISHED ⓘ Luchazi NERFINISHED ⓘ Luvale NERFINISHED ⓘ Lwena NERFINISHED ⓘ Makoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Mashi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbowe NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbukushu NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbukushu cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbume ⓘ Mbunda NERFINISHED ⓘ Nkoya NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Sotho NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyengo NERFINISHED ⓘ Phalaborwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotho–Tswana languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Sotho NERFINISHED ⓘ Subiya NERFINISHED ⓘ Totela NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsonga NERFINISHED ⓘ Tswana NERFINISHED ⓘ Tswapong NERFINISHED ⓘ Venda NERFINISHED ⓘ Yeyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Malcolm Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Guthrie classification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Bantu languages
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Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | comparative Bantu linguistics ⓘ |
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: Bantu zone H Description of subject: Bantu zone H is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification system, grouping together closely related languages of the Niger-Congo family.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.