Mazatec people
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The Mazatec people are an indigenous Mesoamerican group from the northern Sierra of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean languages, traditional agriculture, and rich ceremonial and healing practices.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mazatec people canonical | 11 |
| Mazatec | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13039594 — 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: Mazatec people Context triple: [Ixcatlán Mazatec, spokenBy, Mazatec people]
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A.
Matlatzinca people
The Matlatzinca people are an indigenous group of central Mexico, primarily from the State of Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean language, traditional agriculture, and rich ceremonial and artistic heritage.
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B.
Cuicatec people
The Cuicatec people are an indigenous Mesoamerican group from Oaxaca, Mexico, known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture, and rich cultural heritage.
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C.
Mazahua people
The Mazahua people are an Indigenous Mesoamerican group of central Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean language, traditional textiles, and rich ceremonial and agricultural traditions.
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D.
Tepehuan people
The Tepehuan people are an indigenous group of northern Mexico known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language varieties, traditional agriculture, and resilient cultural practices in the Sierra Madre Occidental.
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E.
Cahuapanan peoples
The Cahuapanan peoples are Indigenous groups of the Peruvian Amazon known for their distinct cultural traditions and languages within the broader Cahuapanan language family.
- 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: Mazatec people Target entity description: The Mazatec people are an indigenous Mesoamerican group from the northern Sierra of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean languages, traditional agriculture, and rich ceremonial and healing practices.
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A.
Matlatzinca people
The Matlatzinca people are an indigenous group of central Mexico, primarily from the State of Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean language, traditional agriculture, and rich ceremonial and artistic heritage.
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B.
Cuicatec people
The Cuicatec people are an indigenous Mesoamerican group from Oaxaca, Mexico, known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture, and rich cultural heritage.
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C.
Mazahua people
The Mazahua people are an Indigenous Mesoamerican group of central Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean language, traditional textiles, and rich ceremonial and agricultural traditions.
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D.
Tepehuan people
The Tepehuan people are an indigenous group of northern Mexico known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language varieties, traditional agriculture, and resilient cultural practices in the Sierra Madre Occidental.
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E.
Cahuapanan peoples
The Cahuapanan peoples are Indigenous groups of the Peruvian Amazon known for their distinct cultural traditions and languages within the broader Cahuapanan language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| arePartOf |
Mesoamerican indigenous peoples
ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | endangered languages ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
oral tradition
ⓘ
ritual chanting ⓘ song-based divination ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Mesoamerica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy |
coffee production
ⓘ
small-scale farming ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Highland Mazatec communities
ⓘ
Lowland Mazatec communities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ceremonial practices
ⓘ
healing practices ⓘ use of sacred plants in rituals ⓘ |
| language |
Mazatec
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mazatec languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Oto-Manguean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
complex phonology
ⓘ
tonal languages ⓘ |
| migrationPattern |
internal migration within Mexico
ⓘ
migration to urban centers ⓘ |
| populationCountry | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLocation |
Sierra Mazateca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Sierra of Oaxaca ⓘ |
| region | Sierra Norte de Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Chinantec people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mixtec people NERFINISHED ⓘ Zapotec people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
indigenous religion
ⓘ
syncretic Catholicism ⓘ |
| state | Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalAgriculture |
beans cultivation
ⓘ
coffee cultivation ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ squash cultivation ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy | subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
adobe houses
ⓘ
wooden houses ⓘ |
| traditionalMedicine | shamanic healing ⓘ |
| traditionalSpecialist |
curandera
ⓘ
curandero ⓘ |
| uses |
Salvia divinorum in rituals
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
psilocybin mushrooms in ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystemUse | Latin alphabet for Mazatec languages ⓘ |
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: Mazatec people Description of subject: The Mazatec people are an indigenous Mesoamerican group from the northern Sierra of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean languages, traditional agriculture, and rich ceremonial and healing practices.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oaxaca (state)
this entity surface form:
Mazatec