Temiar language
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The Temiar language is an Austroasiatic Aslian language spoken by the Temiar people of Peninsular Malaysia, known for its complex phonology and rich oral tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temiar language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9192180 — 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: Temiar language Context triple: [Aslian languages, hasMemberLanguage, Temiar language]
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A.
Damara language
The Damara language is a Khoe (Central Khoisan) language spoken primarily by the Damara people of Namibia.
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B.
Kaera language
The Kaera language is a Papuan language spoken by a small community on Pantar Island in eastern Indonesia.
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C.
Tanema language
Tanema is a nearly extinct Oceanic language once spoken on Vanikoro Island in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.
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D.
Nitinaht language
The Nitinaht language is a Southern Wakashan Indigenous language spoken by the Ditidaht (Nitinaht) people of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Patamona language
The Patamona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Patamona people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana and northern Brazil.
- 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: Temiar language Target entity description: The Temiar language is an Austroasiatic Aslian language spoken by the Temiar people of Peninsular Malaysia, known for its complex phonology and rich oral tradition.
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A.
Damara language
The Damara language is a Khoe (Central Khoisan) language spoken primarily by the Damara people of Namibia.
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B.
Kaera language
The Kaera language is a Papuan language spoken by a small community on Pantar Island in eastern Indonesia.
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C.
Tanema language
Tanema is a nearly extinct Oceanic language once spoken on Vanikoro Island in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.
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D.
Nitinaht language
The Nitinaht language is a Southern Wakashan Indigenous language spoken by the Ditidaht (Nitinaht) people of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Patamona language
The Patamona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Patamona people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana and northern Brazil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aslian language
ⓘ
Austroasiatic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Temiar traditional religion
ⓘ
shamanic practices ⓘ |
| branchOf | Aslian languages ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Semai language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Semaq Beri language ⓘ |
| country | Malaysia ⓘ |
| documentation |
described in works by Geoffrey Benjamin
ⓘ
described in works by Nicole Kruspe ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Temiar people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Austroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | temi1245 ⓘ |
| group | Senoic branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
northern Temiar
ⓘ
southern Temiar ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex phonology
ⓘ
complex syllable structure ⓘ contrastive vowel length ⓘ glottal consonants ⓘ nasal consonants ⓘ phonemic tone absent ⓘ prefixation ⓘ reduplication ⓘ rich oral tradition ⓘ rich system of verbal morphology ⓘ verb stem alternations ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative tendencies
ⓘ
fusional tendencies ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalProcess |
assimilation
ⓘ
lenition ⓘ nasalization ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | tea ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austroasiatic ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Mon–Khmer languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMode | spoken ⓘ |
| region | central Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Kelantan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pahang NERFINISHED ⓘ Peninsular Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Perak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
endangered
ⓘ
minority language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Aslian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
oral literature
ⓘ
ritual songs ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ |
| wordOrder | verb-initial tendency ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Temiar language Description of subject: The Temiar language is an Austroasiatic Aslian language spoken by the Temiar people of Peninsular Malaysia, known for its complex phonology and rich oral tradition.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.