Muna–Buton
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Muna–Buton is a subgroup of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Muna–Buton canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7345022 — 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: Muna–Buton Context triple: [Busoa language, subgroup, Muna–Buton]
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A.
Mokena
Mokena is a suburban village in Will County, Illinois, located southwest of Chicago.
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B.
Mamburao
Mamburao is a coastal municipality in the Philippines that serves as the capital of the province of Occidental Mindoro in the Mimaropa region.
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C.
Munduk
Munduk is a scenic highland village in northern Bali, Indonesia, known for its cool climate, lush coffee and clove plantations, and numerous waterfalls.
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D.
Mandeali
Mandeali is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh in northern India.
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E.
Mumuye
The Mumuye are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern Nigeria known for their distinct language and rich artistic traditions, particularly their stylized wooden sculptures.
- 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: Muna–Buton Target entity description: Muna–Buton is a subgroup of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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A.
Mokena
Mokena is a suburban village in Will County, Illinois, located southwest of Chicago.
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B.
Mamburao
Mamburao is a coastal municipality in the Philippines that serves as the capital of the province of Occidental Mindoro in the Mimaropa region.
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C.
Munduk
Munduk is a scenic highland village in northern Bali, Indonesia, known for its cool climate, lush coffee and clove plantations, and numerous waterfalls.
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D.
Mandeali
Mandeali is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh in northern India.
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E.
Mumuye
The Mumuye are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern Nigeria known for their distinct language and rich artistic traditions, particularly their stylized wooden sculptures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| classifiedBy | linguists studying Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bungku–Tolaki languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wotu–Wolio languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| glottologCode | muna1268 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Muna-Buton languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muna–Buton group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeographicDistribution |
Buton Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muna Island NERFINISHED ⓘ adjacent smaller islands in Southeast Sulawesi ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
shared lexical innovations within the subgroup
ⓘ
shared phonological innovations within the subgroup ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Binongko language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bonerate language NERFINISHED ⓘ Busoa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Buton language NERFINISHED ⓘ Cia-Cia language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaimbulawa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalao language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalaotoa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Koroni language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kulisusu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kumbewaha language NERFINISHED ⓘ Laiyolo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lasalimu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lasalimu-Boneoge language NERFINISHED ⓘ Liabuku language NERFINISHED ⓘ Muna language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pancana language NERFINISHED ⓘ Selayar language ⓘ Taloki language NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolio language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherLevelFamily | Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| partOf | Sulawesi linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Maritime Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Southeast Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Celebic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
ethnic groups of Buton Island
ⓘ
ethnic groups of Muna Island ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Muna–Buton Description of subject: Muna–Buton is a subgroup of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.