Samogo languages
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The Samogo languages are a small group of closely related Mande languages spoken primarily in Mali and neighboring regions of West Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samogo languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7131617 — 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: Samogo languages Context triple: [Mande, hasLanguage, Samogo languages]
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A.
Semnani languages
Semnani languages are a small group of closely related Northwestern Iranian languages spoken primarily in Iran’s Semnan province, noted for preserving many archaic Iranian features.
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B.
Takic languages
Takic languages are a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family spoken historically in Southern California and neighboring regions by various Indigenous peoples.
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C.
Moru–Madi languages
The Moru–Madi languages are a subgroup of related Central Sudanic languages spoken primarily in South Sudan, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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D.
Pearic languages
Pearic languages are a small, endangered branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by indigenous Pearic communities in Cambodia and nearby regions.
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E.
Tebu languages
The Tebu languages are a group of closely related Saharan languages spoken primarily by the Tebu people across parts of Chad, Niger, and Libya.
- 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: Samogo languages Target entity description: The Samogo languages are a small group of closely related Mande languages spoken primarily in Mali and neighboring regions of West Africa.
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A.
Semnani languages
Semnani languages are a small group of closely related Northwestern Iranian languages spoken primarily in Iran’s Semnan province, noted for preserving many archaic Iranian features.
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B.
Takic languages
Takic languages are a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family spoken historically in Southern California and neighboring regions by various Indigenous peoples.
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C.
Moru–Madi languages
The Moru–Madi languages are a subgroup of related Central Sudanic languages spoken primarily in South Sudan, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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D.
Pearic languages
Pearic languages are a small, endangered branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by indigenous Pearic communities in Cambodia and nearby regions.
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E.
Tebu languages
The Tebu languages are a group of closely related Saharan languages spoken primarily by the Tebu people across parts of Chad, Niger, and Libya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mande language subgroup
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| areCloselyRelated | true ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areSpokenByEthnicGroups | Samogo peoples ⓘ |
| areSubjectOf | Mande linguistics research ⓘ |
| areTonalLanguages | true ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | scattered villages and communities ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Samogho languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samoghoan languages ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bankagooma language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duungooma language NERFINISHED ⓘ Dzùùngoo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Seenku language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| haveLimitedWrittenTradition | true ⓘ |
| languageFamilySize | small ⓘ |
| linguisticBranchOf | Western Mande languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguageGroups |
Dogon languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gur languages ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
north‑western Burkina Faso
ⓘ
south‑western Mali ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Mande languages
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicallySimilarTo | other Mande languages ⓘ |
| usedIn | oral communication ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (for some languages) ⓘ |
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: Samogo languages Description of subject: The Samogo languages are a small group of closely related Mande languages spoken primarily in Mali and neighboring regions of West Africa.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.