Tikuna language
E1005911
The Tikuna language is an indigenous language of the western Amazon, spoken primarily by the Tikuna people in parts of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tikuna language canonical | 1 |
| Tikuna language family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12876638 — 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: Tikuna language Context triple: [Tikuna people, language, Tikuna language]
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A.
Tsimané language
The Tsimané language is an indigenous South American language of the Mosetenan family spoken by the Tsimané people of Bolivia’s Amazonian lowlands.
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B.
Yucuna language
The Yucuna language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Yucuna people of the Colombian Amazon.
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C.
Munduruku language
The Munduruku language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Munduruku people of the Amazon region in Brazil.
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D.
Makushi language
The Makushi language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken primarily by the Makushi people in northern Brazil and southern Guyana.
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E.
Yukpa language
The Yukpa language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Yukpa people in the border regions of northeastern Colombia and western Venezuela.
- 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: Tikuna language Target entity description: The Tikuna language is an indigenous language of the western Amazon, spoken primarily by the Tikuna people in parts of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
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A.
Tsimané language
The Tsimané language is an indigenous South American language of the Mosetenan family spoken by the Tsimané people of Bolivia’s Amazonian lowlands.
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B.
Yucuna language
The Yucuna language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Yucuna people of the Colombian Amazon.
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C.
Munduruku language
The Munduruku language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Munduruku people of the Amazon region in Brazil.
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D.
Makushi language
The Makushi language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken primarily by the Makushi people in northern Brazil and southern Guyana.
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E.
Yukpa language
The Yukpa language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Yukpa people in the border regions of northeastern Colombia and western Venezuela.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amazonian language
ⓘ
American language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| country |
Federative Republic of Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tikuna people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | ticu1245 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Magüta language
ⓘ
Ticuna language ⓘ Tikúna language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulationRegion |
Amazonas department, Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amazonas state, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Loreto region, Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | tca ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
linguistic typology studies of tone
ⓘ
studies on language contact in the Amazon basin ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tikuna-Yuri language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | western Amazon ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Tikuna people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Tikuna communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tikuna language Description of subject: The Tikuna language is an indigenous language of the western Amazon, spoken primarily by the Tikuna people in parts of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tikuna language family