Orang Asli languages
E791848
Orang Asli languages are a diverse group of indigenous Austroasiatic and Austronesian languages spoken by the original inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Orang Asli languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9319202 — 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: Orang Asli languages Context triple: [Semai language, belongsTo, Orang Asli languages]
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A.
Bornean languages
Bornean languages are a subgroup of the Malayo-Polynesian language family spoken on the island of Borneo, encompassing diverse indigenous languages of Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
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B.
Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
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C.
Kenyah languages
The Kenyah languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Kenyah people of Borneo, especially in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
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D.
Sumatran languages
Sumatran languages are a diverse group of Austronesian languages spoken on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and its surrounding regions.
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E.
Malayic languages
Malayic languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family that includes Malay, Indonesian, and closely related languages spoken primarily in Maritime Southeast Asia.
- 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: Orang Asli languages Target entity description: Orang Asli languages are a diverse group of indigenous Austroasiatic and Austronesian languages spoken by the original inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia.
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A.
Bornean languages
Bornean languages are a subgroup of the Malayo-Polynesian language family spoken on the island of Borneo, encompassing diverse indigenous languages of Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
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B.
Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
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C.
Kenyah languages
The Kenyah languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the Kenyah people of Borneo, especially in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
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D.
Sumatran languages
Sumatran languages are a diverse group of Austronesian languages spoken on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and its surrounding regions.
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E.
Malayic languages
Malayic languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family that includes Malay, Indonesian, and closely related languages spoken primarily in Maritime Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous people
ⓘ
language group ⓘ minority languages ⓘ |
| affectedBy | language shift to Malay ⓘ |
| areDiverse | true ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areLanguagesOf |
Orang Asli
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
original inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ |
| areTraditionallyOral | true ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFamily |
Austroasiatic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Austronesian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| include |
Batek language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cheq Wong language NERFINISHED ⓘ Duano language NERFINISHED ⓘ Jah Hut language NERFINISHED ⓘ Jahai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Jakun language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kanaq language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kensiu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kintaq language ⓘ Kuala language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lanoh language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mah Meri language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mendriq language ⓘ Mintil language NERFINISHED ⓘ Orang Kanaq language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabüm language ⓘ Seletar language NERFINISHED ⓘ Semai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Semaq Beri language NERFINISHED ⓘ Semelai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Temiar language NERFINISHED ⓘ Temuan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ten'edn language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonga language (Orang Asli) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inhabit | Peninsular Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Malaysia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Orang Asli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Peninsular Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Austroasiatic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ languages of Malaysia ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
language documentation efforts
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language revitalization programs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral literature
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storytelling ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
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: Orang Asli languages Description of subject: Orang Asli languages are a diverse group of indigenous Austroasiatic and Austronesian languages spoken by the original inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.