Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Timor–Babar > Rote
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The Rote languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Rote Island and nearby areas in eastern Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Timor–Babar > Rote canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9577669 — 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: Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Timor–Babar > Rote Context triple: [Rote languages, linguisticClassification, Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Timor–Babar > Rote]
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A.
Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic > Western Oceanic > Meso-Melanesian
Notsi is a lesser-known Oceanic language spoken in Papua New Guinea, belonging to the Meso-Melanesian branch of the Austronesian language family.
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B.
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages are a proposed group of Austronesian languages spoken mainly in eastern Indonesia, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical innovations that distinguish them from neighboring Malayo-Polynesian branches.
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C.
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification)
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) is a historical subgrouping of the Austronesian language family that encompasses many of the languages of western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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D.
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
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E.
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Asia, including languages such as Tagalog, Javanese, and Malay.
- 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: Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Timor–Babar > Rote Target entity description: The Rote languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Rote Island and nearby areas in eastern Indonesia.
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A.
Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic > Western Oceanic > Meso-Melanesian
Notsi is a lesser-known Oceanic language spoken in Papua New Guinea, belonging to the Meso-Melanesian branch of the Austronesian language family.
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B.
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages are a proposed group of Austronesian languages spoken mainly in eastern Indonesia, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical innovations that distinguish them from neighboring Malayo-Polynesian branches.
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C.
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification)
Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) is a historical subgrouping of the Austronesian language family that encompasses many of the languages of western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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D.
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
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E.
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Asia, including languages such as Tagalog, Javanese, and Malay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages
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language group ⓘ |
| areCloselyRelated | each other ⓘ |
| arePartOf |
Lesser Sunda Islands languages
NERFINISHED
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Timor area languages ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy | Rotenese people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Rote Island culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Rote Island and nearby smaller islands ⓘ |
| hasFamily | Austronesian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Baa language
NERFINISHED
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Ba’a language NERFINISHED ⓘ Dela-Oenale language NERFINISHED ⓘ Dengka language NERFINISHED ⓘ Landu language ⓘ Lelenuk language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lole language NERFINISHED ⓘ Oenale language NERFINISHED ⓘ Oepao language ⓘ Termanu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tii language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherLevelGrouping |
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
NERFINISHED
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Timor–Babar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | Malayo-Polynesian type ⓘ |
| macroFamily | Austronesian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Savu Sea region ⓘ |
| region |
Maritime Southeast Asia
NERFINISHED
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Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
East Nusa Tenggara
NERFINISHED
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Indonesia ⓘ Rote Island NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian languages
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Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Timor–Babar languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Timor–Babar > Rote Description of subject: The Rote languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Rote Island and nearby areas in eastern Indonesia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Rote languages
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linguisticClassification
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Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Timor–Babar > Rote
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