Ilonggo language
E950517
The Ilonggo language, more commonly known as Hiligaynon, is an Austronesian language widely spoken in the Visayas and parts of Mindanao in the Philippines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ilonggo language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11840600 — 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: Ilonggo language Context triple: [home language by many speakers in Negros Occidental, alsoKnownAs, Ilonggo language]
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A.
Balangao language
The Balangao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Balangao people in the Mountain Province of the northern Philippines.
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B.
Surigaonon language
Surigaonon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Surigao region of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
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C.
Hanunoo language
The Hanunoo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Hanunoo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines, notable for its indigenous syllabic script and rich oral poetic tradition.
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D.
Ibaloy language
The Ibaloy language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ibaloy people of Benguet in the northern Philippines, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct phonology within the Cordilleran highlands.
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E.
Kalagan language
The Kalagan language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalagan people of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, particularly in areas such as Sarangani.
- 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: Ilonggo language Target entity description: The Ilonggo language, more commonly known as Hiligaynon, is an Austronesian language widely spoken in the Visayas and parts of Mindanao in the Philippines.
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A.
Balangao language
The Balangao language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Balangao people in the Mountain Province of the northern Philippines.
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B.
Surigaonon language
Surigaonon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Surigao region of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
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C.
Hanunoo language
The Hanunoo language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Hanunoo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines, notable for its indigenous syllabic script and rich oral poetic tradition.
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D.
Ibaloy language
The Ibaloy language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Ibaloy people of Benguet in the northern Philippines, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct phonology within the Cordilleran highlands.
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E.
Kalagan language
The Kalagan language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalagan people of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, particularly in areas such as Sarangani.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ Philippine language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hiligaynon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ilonggo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Capiznon language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cebuano language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinaray-a language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Hiligaynon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
Austronesian alignment
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focus system on verbs ⓘ verb–initial word order ⓘ |
| hasISO639-2Code | hil ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | hil ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Cebuano language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English language ⓘ Spanish language ⓘ |
| hasMajorDialect |
Bacolod Hiligaynon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Koronadal Hiligaynon NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Hiligaynon of Iloilo NERFINISHED ⓘ Urban Hiligaynon of Iloilo City ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between /l/ and /r/
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five-vowel system ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
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Central Philippine languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Visayas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Visayas region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatesOrStandardizedBy | Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Capiz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Visayas NERFINISHED ⓘ Guimaras NERFINISHED ⓘ Iligan City NERFINISHED ⓘ Iloilo NERFINISHED ⓘ Negros Occidental NERFINISHED ⓘ North Cotabato NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Mindanao NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Soccsksargen NERFINISHED ⓘ South Cotabato NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan Kudarat NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Visayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup |
Hiligaynon people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ilonggo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | mother tongue-based multilingual education in the Philippines ⓘ |
| usedInMedia |
local newspapers in Iloilo and Negros Occidental
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radio broadcasting in Western Visayas ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
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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: Ilonggo language Description of subject: The Ilonggo language, more commonly known as Hiligaynon, is an Austronesian language widely spoken in the Visayas and parts of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.