Kawi language

E88318

Old Javanese language language literary language liturgical language

Kawi language is an Old Javanese literary and liturgical language of ancient Indonesia, historically used in inscriptions and classical texts across the region.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Kawi	5
Kawi language canonical	3
Bahasa Kawi	1
Basa Kawi	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T720264 — 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: Kawi language
Context triple: [Balinese script, usedForLanguage, Kawi language]

A. Unami language
The Unami language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Lenape (Delaware) people in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
B. Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
C. Hokkien language
The Hokkien language is a Southern Min Chinese dialect widely spoken in southeastern China and among overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, known for its significant influence on regional languages and cultures.
D. Nohurli dialect
The Nohurli dialect is a regional variety of Turkmen spoken by the Nohur people in parts of Turkmenistan, distinguished by its unique phonetic and lexical features.
E. Hadza language
The Hadza language is an isolate spoken by the Hadza people of northern Tanzania, notable for its extensive use of click consonants and lack of clear genetic affiliation to other language families.
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: Kawi language
Target entity description: Kawi language is an Old Javanese literary and liturgical language of ancient Indonesia, historically used in inscriptions and classical texts across the region.

A. Unami language
The Unami language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Lenape (Delaware) people in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
B. Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
C. Hokkien language
The Hokkien language is a Southern Min Chinese dialect widely spoken in southeastern China and among overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, known for its significant influence on regional languages and cultures.
D. Nohurli dialect
The Nohurli dialect is a regional variety of Turkmen spoken by the Nohur people in parts of Turkmenistan, distinguished by its unique phonetic and lexical features.
E. Hadza language
The Hadza language is an isolate spoken by the Hadza people of northern Tanzania, notable for its extensive use of click consonants and lack of clear genetic affiliation to other language families.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old Javanese language ⓘ language ⓘ literary language ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ
alternativeName	Kawi language ⓘ surface form: Bahasa Kawi Kawi language ⓘ surface form: Basa Kawi Kawi (Old Javanese) ⓘ surface form: Old Javanese
hasNotableWork	Arjunawiwaha ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ surface form: Kakawin Ramayana Nagarakretagama ⓘ Kakawin Sutasoma ⓘ surface form: Sutasoma
historicalPeriod	classical period of Javanese history ⓘ early medieval period ⓘ
influenced	Balinese language ⓘ Modern Javanese ⓘ Sundanese language ⓘ
influencedBy	Old Malay ⓘ Prakrit ⓘ surface form: Prakrit languages Sanskrit ⓘ
nativeName	Bhāṣa Kawi ⓘ
region	Bali ⓘ Java ⓘ Lombok ⓘ Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ ancient Indonesia ⓘ
religiousContext	Buddhism ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ
scriptFamily	Brahmic scripts ⓘ
status	classical language ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ no longer spoken as a native language ⓘ
subclassOf	Austronesian language ⓘ Middle Javanese ⓘ surface form: Javanese language Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
usedBy	Balinese courts ⓘ Javanese courts ⓘ religious specialists ⓘ scribes ⓘ
usedIn	Hindu-Buddhist liturgy ⓘ court literature ⓘ epic literature ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ literary texts ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ poetry ⓘ religious texts ⓘ
writingSystem	Balinese script ⓘ Javanese script ⓘ Kawi script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ Javanese script ⓘ surface form: Old Javanese script

How these facts were elicited