Southern Atlantic languages
E935904
Southern Atlantic languages are a subgroup of the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo language family, spoken primarily in parts of West Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Atlantic languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11578349 — 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: Southern Atlantic languages Context triple: [Atlantic languages, containsSubgroup, Southern Atlantic languages]
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A.
Caribbean linguistic area
The Caribbean linguistic area is a region characterized by a convergence of languages—especially creoles and contact varieties—shaped by colonial history, African and Indigenous influences, and extensive multilingual interaction.
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B.
Southern Gur languages
Southern Gur languages are a subgroup of the Gur branch of the Niger-Congo language family, spoken primarily in parts of West Africa such as Burkina Faso, Ghana, and neighboring countries.
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C.
Southern Cariban
Southern Cariban is a branch of the Cariban language family comprising several indigenous languages spoken primarily in parts of Brazil and neighboring regions of South America.
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D.
Eastern Maroon languages
Eastern Maroon languages are a group of closely related creole languages spoken by Maroon communities in eastern Suriname and French Guiana, developed from contact between African languages and European colonial languages.
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E.
Gullah
Gullah is an English-based creole language and culture of African-descended communities in the coastal Lowcountry and Sea Islands of the southeastern United States, known for preserving strong African linguistic and cultural influences.
- 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: Southern Atlantic languages Target entity description: Southern Atlantic languages are a subgroup of the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo language family, spoken primarily in parts of West Africa.
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A.
Caribbean linguistic area
The Caribbean linguistic area is a region characterized by a convergence of languages—especially creoles and contact varieties—shaped by colonial history, African and Indigenous influences, and extensive multilingual interaction.
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B.
Southern Gur languages
Southern Gur languages are a subgroup of the Gur branch of the Niger-Congo language family, spoken primarily in parts of West Africa such as Burkina Faso, Ghana, and neighboring countries.
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C.
Southern Cariban
Southern Cariban is a branch of the Cariban language family comprising several indigenous languages spoken primarily in parts of Brazil and neighboring regions of South America.
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D.
Eastern Maroon languages
Eastern Maroon languages are a group of closely related creole languages spoken by Maroon communities in eastern Suriname and French Guiana, developed from contact between African languages and European colonial languages.
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E.
Gullah
Gullah is an English-based creole language and culture of African-descended communities in the coastal Lowcountry and Sea Islands of the southeastern United States, known for preserving strong African linguistic and cultural influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic languages subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| arealFeature |
presence of implosive consonants
ⓘ
tone languages ⓘ use of noun class systems ⓘ |
| branchOf | Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| field | African linguistics ⓘ |
| glottologCode | sout2792 ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Baga languages
ⓘ
Balanta-Ganja language NERFINISHED ⓘ Balanta-Kentohe language NERFINISHED ⓘ Bayot language NERFINISHED ⓘ Bullom So language NERFINISHED ⓘ Jola-Bandial language NERFINISHED ⓘ Jola-Fonyi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Jola-Kasa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kasanga language ⓘ Kobiana language ⓘ Lehar language NERFINISHED ⓘ Manjaku language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mankanya language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ndut language NERFINISHED ⓘ Noon language NERFINISHED ⓘ Palor language NERFINISHED ⓘ Papel language NERFINISHED ⓘ Saafi-Saafi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherbro language NERFINISHED ⓘ Temne language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableLanguage |
Balanta language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jola-Fonyi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Temne language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Bak languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cangin languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Jola languages ⓘ Mel languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Atlantic branch
ⓘ
Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guinea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauritania NERFINISHED ⓘ Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedBy | comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Atlantic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typology | mostly SVO word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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: Southern Atlantic languages Description of subject: Southern Atlantic languages are a subgroup of the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo language family, spoken primarily in parts of West Africa.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.