Bunak language
E651090
The Bunak language is a Papuan language spoken primarily in the central region of Timor, straddling the border between Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bunak language canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7171936 — 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: Bunak language Context triple: [Mambae language, neighboringLanguages, Bunak language]
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A.
Bakumpai language
The Bakumpai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bakumpai people of central Kalimantan in Indonesia, closely related to other Dayak and Malayic languages of Borneo.
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B.
Bontok language
The Bontok language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bontok people of the Mountain Province in the northern Philippines, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct dialects.
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C.
Baniwa language
Baniwa is an Arawakan Indigenous language spoken primarily along the Rio Negro in northwestern Brazil, as well as in parts of Colombia and Venezuela.
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D.
Bambam language
The Bambam language is an Austronesian language spoken in parts of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its place within the region’s diverse indigenous linguistic landscape.
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E.
Tubatulabal language
The Tubatulabal language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Tubatulabal people of the southern Sierra Nevada region in California.
- 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: Bunak language Target entity description: The Bunak language is a Papuan language spoken primarily in the central region of Timor, straddling the border between Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
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A.
Bakumpai language
The Bakumpai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bakumpai people of central Kalimantan in Indonesia, closely related to other Dayak and Malayic languages of Borneo.
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B.
Bontok language
The Bontok language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bontok people of the Mountain Province in the northern Philippines, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct dialects.
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C.
Baniwa language
Baniwa is an Arawakan Indigenous language spoken primarily along the Rio Negro in northwestern Brazil, as well as in parts of Colombia and Venezuela.
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D.
Bambam language
The Bambam language is an Austronesian language spoken in parts of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its place within the region’s diverse indigenous linguistic landscape.
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E.
Tubatulabal language
The Tubatulabal language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Tubatulabal people of the southern Sierra Nevada region in California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language
ⓘ
Timor–Alor–Pantar language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| borderRegion | Indonesia–Timor-Leste border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Timor-Leste NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Buna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bunaq NERFINISHED ⓘ Bunaʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConsonantInventory | rich ⓘ |
| hasContactWith | Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
home use
ⓘ
local oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | buna1270 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Bunak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | bfn ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea | Timor–Alor–Pantar sprachbund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Indonesian language
ⓘ
Malay language NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tetum language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasResearcher |
Antoinette Schapper
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Geoffrey Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVowelInventory | moderate ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Timor–Alor–Pantar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trans–New Guinea (proposed) ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Fataluku language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kemak language NERFINISHED ⓘ Makasae language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mambai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tetum language ⓘ Tokodede language NERFINISHED ⓘ Uab Meto language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | central Timor highlands ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Bunak people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
East Nusa Tenggara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Timor NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Timor island NERFINISHED ⓘ Timor-Leste NERFINISHED ⓘ central Timor ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Papuan languages of Timor ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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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: Bunak language Description of subject: The Bunak language is a Papuan language spoken primarily in the central region of Timor, straddling the border between Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.