Philippine languages
E67018
Philippine languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken throughout the Philippines, encompassing numerous related languages such as Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, and Bikol.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philippine languages canonical | 15 |
| Philippine language group | 1 |
| Philippine linguistic area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T536681 — 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: Philippine languages Context triple: [Bikol language, subfamily, Philippine languages]
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A.
Philippine–Cordilleran languages
The Philippine–Cordilleran languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in the northern Philippines, encompassing numerous indigenous languages of the Cordillera region and surrounding areas.
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B.
Southern Luzon languages
The Southern Luzon languages are a subgroup of Philippine Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern part of Luzon island in the Philippines, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features distinct from other Philippine language groups.
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C.
Kapampangan language
Kapampangan is an Austronesian language of the Philippines primarily spoken in the Pampanga region of Central Luzon.
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D.
Bikol language
The Bikol language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, known for its several regional varieties and close relation to other Central Philippine languages.
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E.
Pangasinan language
The Pangasinan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the province of Pangasinan and nearby areas in the Philippines, known for its distinct vocabulary and grammar within the Northern Luzon language group.
- 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: Philippine languages Target entity description: Philippine languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken throughout the Philippines, encompassing numerous related languages such as Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, and Bikol.
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A.
Philippine–Cordilleran languages
The Philippine–Cordilleran languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in the northern Philippines, encompassing numerous indigenous languages of the Cordillera region and surrounding areas.
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B.
Southern Luzon languages
The Southern Luzon languages are a subgroup of Philippine Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern part of Luzon island in the Philippines, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features distinct from other Philippine language groups.
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C.
Kapampangan language
Kapampangan is an Austronesian language of the Philippines primarily spoken in the Pampanga region of Central Luzon.
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D.
Bikol language
The Bikol language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, known for its several regional varieties and close relation to other Central Philippine languages.
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E.
Pangasinan language
The Pangasinan language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the province of Pangasinan and nearby areas in the Philippines, known for its distinct vocabulary and grammar within the Northern Luzon language group.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
language branch ⓘ |
| arealGroup | Philippine subgroup of Austronesian ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Sabah
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Borneo
North Sulawesi ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Sulawesi
Philippines ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
| historicalWritingSystem | Baybayin ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Agutaynen
ⓘ
Aklanon ⓘ Rinconada Bikol ⓘ
surface form:
Albay Bikol
Bikol language ⓘ
surface form:
Bikol
Biliran ⓘ
surface form:
Biliranon
Bolinao ⓘ Bontoc ⓘ Butuanon ⓘ Cebuano language ⓘ
surface form:
Cebuano
Central Bikol ⓘ Chavacano ⓘ Davawenyo ⓘ Gaddang ⓘ Hiligaynon language ⓘ
surface form:
Hiligaynon
Ibanag ⓘ Ifugao languages ⓘ Ilocano language ⓘ
surface form:
Ilocano
Isnag ⓘ Itawit ⓘ Ivatan people ⓘ
surface form:
Ivatan
Kamayo ⓘ Kankanaey ⓘ Kapampangan ⓘ Kinaray-a ⓘ Maguindanaon ⓘ Manobo languages ⓘ Maranao ⓘ Masbateño ⓘ Palawano languages ⓘ Pangasinan ⓘ Rinconada Bikol ⓘ Romblomanon ⓘ Sambal ⓘ Subanen languages ⓘ Surigaonon ⓘ Tagalog ⓘ Tausug ⓘ Waray language ⓘ
surface form:
Waray-Waray
Yami (Tao) ⓘ
surface form:
Yami
Yogad ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian language family
|
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Philippines ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| typology |
Austronesian alignment
ⓘ
predominantly verb-initial word order ⓘ |
| usedBy | various ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines ⓘ |
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: Philippine languages Description of subject: Philippine languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken throughout the Philippines, encompassing numerous related languages such as Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, and Bikol.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Philippine language group