The World’s Major Languages
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The World’s Major Languages is a comprehensive reference work that surveys the structure, history, and sociolinguistic context of many of the world’s most widely spoken languages.
All labels observed (1)
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| The World’s Major Languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10709017 — 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: The World’s Major Languages Context triple: [Bernard Comrie, hasEdited, The World’s Major Languages]
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A.
Language of the World
Language of the World is a mystical or philosophical concept referring to a universal mode of communication that expresses the underlying essence or soul of reality.
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B.
World Atlas of Language Structures
The World Atlas of Language Structures is a large-scale, comparative database and reference work that maps structural features of languages around the world.
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C.
On Language
On Language is a popular collection of William Safire’s witty and insightful columns exploring usage, grammar, and the evolution of the English language.
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D.
Keresan languages
Keresan languages are a small family of Native American languages spoken by the Keres Pueblo peoples of New Mexico, known for their linguistic isolation and lack of demonstrable relation to other language families.
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E.
Loanwords in the World’s Languages
"Loanwords in the World’s Languages" is a comprehensive linguistic reference work that surveys and analyzes how and why words are borrowed across a wide range of the world’s languages.
- 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: The World’s Major Languages Target entity description: The World’s Major Languages is a comprehensive reference work that surveys the structure, history, and sociolinguistic context of many of the world’s most widely spoken languages.
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A.
Language of the World
Language of the World is a mystical or philosophical concept referring to a universal mode of communication that expresses the underlying essence or soul of reality.
-
B.
World Atlas of Language Structures
The World Atlas of Language Structures is a large-scale, comparative database and reference work that maps structural features of languages around the world.
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C.
On Language
On Language is a popular collection of William Safire’s witty and insightful columns exploring usage, grammar, and the evolution of the English language.
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D.
Keresan languages
Keresan languages are a small family of Native American languages spoken by the Keres Pueblo peoples of New Mexico, known for their linguistic isolation and lack of demonstrable relation to other language families.
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E.
Loanwords in the World’s Languages
"Loanwords in the World’s Languages" is a comprehensive linguistic reference work that surveys and analyzes how and why words are borrowed across a wide range of the world’s languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | reference work ⓘ |
| coversAspect |
language history
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language structure ⓘ lexicon ⓘ morphology ⓘ phonology ⓘ sociolinguistic context ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| describes |
Afroasiatic languages
NERFINISHED
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Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese ⓘ Dravidian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ English NERFINISHED ⓘ French ⓘ German NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-European languages ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Korean ⓘ Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian ⓘ Sino-Tibetan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Uralic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
historical linguistics
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linguistics ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
standard varieties of languages
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widely spoken languages ⓘ |
| goal |
to present structural and sociolinguistic information about major languages
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to provide a comprehensive survey of major languages ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bibliographies for each language
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chapters on individual languages ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
comparative
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descriptive ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
descriptive reference
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survey ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
advanced language learners
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language teachers ⓘ linguists ⓘ students of linguistics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
language description
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linguistic typology ⓘ major world languages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The World’s Major Languages Description of subject: The World’s Major Languages is a comprehensive reference work that surveys the structure, history, and sociolinguistic context of many of the world’s most widely spoken languages.
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