Mambai
E647646
Mambai is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor, where it is one of the country’s major indigenous languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mambai canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7171925 — 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: Mambai Context triple: [Mambae language, hasAlternativeName, Mambai]
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A.
Mumbai
Mumbai is a densely populated coastal metropolis in western India that serves as the country’s financial hub and the center of its film industry, Bollywood.
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B.
Calcutta
Calcutta, now known as Kolkata, is a major cultural and commercial metropolis in eastern India that served as the capital of British India until the early 20th century.
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C.
Bengaluru
Bengaluru is a major Indian metropolis known as the country’s leading technology and innovation hub, often called the “Silicon Valley of India.”
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D.
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is a major city in southern India known for its historic Charminar monument, rich Hyderabadi cuisine, and growing technology industry.
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E.
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is a major city in the Sindh province of Pakistan, known for its historical significance, vibrant culture, and role as an important commercial and industrial center.
- 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: Mambai Target entity description: Mambai is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor, where it is one of the country’s major indigenous languages.
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A.
Mumbai
Mumbai is a densely populated coastal metropolis in western India that serves as the country’s financial hub and the center of its film industry, Bollywood.
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B.
Calcutta
Calcutta, now known as Kolkata, is a major cultural and commercial metropolis in eastern India that served as the capital of British India until the early 20th century.
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C.
Bengaluru
Bengaluru is a major Indian metropolis known as the country’s leading technology and innovation hub, often called the “Silicon Valley of India.”
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D.
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is a major city in southern India known for its historic Charminar monument, rich Hyderabadi cuisine, and growing technology industry.
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E.
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is a major city in the Sindh province of Pakistan, known for its historical significance, vibrant culture, and role as an important commercial and industrial center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ Timor–Babar language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Mambae
NERFINISHED
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Mambae (Timor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mambay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kemak
NERFINISHED
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Tokodede NERFINISHED ⓘ Tukudede NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | East Timor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mambai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | central highlands of East Timor ⓘ |
| glottologCode | mamb1293 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Mambae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Central Mambai
NERFINISHED
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North Mambai NERFINISHED ⓘ South Mambai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Indonesian
NERFINISHED
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Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ Tetum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | moderately agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (in some analyses)
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prenasalized stops ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | mgm ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
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Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Timor–Babar languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOf | Mambai culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorIndigenousLanguageOf | East Timor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialStatus | recognized national language of East Timor ⓘ |
| region |
Aileu municipality
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ainaro municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Dili municipality (rural areas) NERFINISHED ⓘ Liquiçá municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Manufahi municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | hundreds of thousands of speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn | East Timor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInConstitution | national language of East Timor ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Timoric language ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ Tetum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local administration (in some areas)
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local radio broadcasting (in East Timor) ⓘ oral communication ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO (subject–verb–object) ⓘ |
| 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: Mambai Description of subject: Mambai is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor, where it is one of the country’s major indigenous languages.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.