Talodi languages
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The Talodi languages are a small group of closely related Niger–Congo languages spoken mainly in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Talodi languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10586638 — 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: Talodi languages Context triple: [Kadu languages, arealInfluenceFrom, Talodi languages]
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A.
Tani languages
The Tani languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken primarily in Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining regions of Northeast India by various indigenous communities.
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B.
Malakula languages
The Malakula languages are a diverse group of Oceanic languages spoken on Malakula Island in Vanuatu, known for their high linguistic diversity and complex phonological and grammatical systems.
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C.
Taman languages
Taman languages are a small group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan.
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D.
Zanian languages
Zanian languages are a small group of closely related Kartvelian languages spoken primarily in western Georgia, including Mingrelian and Laz.
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E.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
- 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: Talodi languages Target entity description: The Talodi languages are a small group of closely related Niger–Congo languages spoken mainly in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.
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A.
Tani languages
The Tani languages are a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken primarily in Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining regions of Northeast India by various indigenous communities.
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B.
Malakula languages
The Malakula languages are a diverse group of Oceanic languages spoken on Malakula Island in Vanuatu, known for their high linguistic diversity and complex phonological and grammatical systems.
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C.
Taman languages
Taman languages are a small group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan.
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D.
Zanian languages
Zanian languages are a small group of closely related Kartvelian languages spoken primarily in western Georgia, including Mingrelian and Laz.
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E.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger–Congo language group
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealContact |
Heiban languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Katla languages ⓘ Rashad languages ⓘ |
| arealFeature | contact with other Nuba Mountain languages ⓘ |
| arealGroup | Kordofanian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Sudan ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticRegion | Nuba peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geneticRelationship | closely related to each other within the Talodi subgroup ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Nuba Mountains region of central Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | talo1252 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Talodi-Heiban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Talodi group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Talodi–Tocho languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Acheron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaj NERFINISHED ⓘ Katcha NERFINISHED ⓘ Lomun NERFINISHED ⓘ Lumun NERFINISHED ⓘ Masakin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rashad NERFINISHED ⓘ Talodi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tocho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhylum | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Talodi proper languages
ⓘ
Tocho group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherLevelFamily | Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Sudanic belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticClassificationStatus | small group of closely related languages ⓘ |
| macroArea | Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Kordofanian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SVO (subject–verb–object) ⓘ |
| region | central Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchStatus | underdescribed ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Nuba Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Kordofan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalAffiliation | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | ethnic groups of the Nuba Mountains ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no standardized orthography for most member languages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Talodi languages Description of subject: The Talodi languages are a small group of closely related Niger–Congo languages spoken mainly in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.