Tarahumaran branch
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The Tarahumaran branch is a subgroup of the Uto-Aztecan language family encompassing the closely related indigenous languages spoken by the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) and neighboring peoples of northern Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tarahumaran branch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13427256 — 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: Tarahumaran branch Context triple: [Tarahumaran languages, hasGlossonym, Tarahumaran branch]
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A.
Yucatecan branch
The Yucatecan branch is a subgroup of Mayan languages spoken primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula and surrounding regions, including languages such as Yucatec Maya, Itza’, and Mopan.
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B.
Tzeltalan branch
The Tzeltalan branch is a subgroup of Mayan languages spoken primarily in the Chiapas region of southern Mexico, including languages such as Tzeltal and Tzotzil.
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C.
Kʼichean–Mamean branch
The Kʼichean–Mamean branch is a subgroup of the Mayan language family that includes closely related highland languages spoken primarily in Guatemala.
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D.
Epazoyucan
Epazoyucan is a municipality in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico, known for its rural landscapes and proximity to the mining and cultural region of the Comarca Minera.
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E.
Southern Rarámuri
Southern Rarámuri is a regional variety of the Rarámuri (Tarahumara) language spoken by Indigenous communities in the southern part of the Sierra Madre region of northern Mexico.
- 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: Tarahumaran branch Target entity description: The Tarahumaran branch is a subgroup of the Uto-Aztecan language family encompassing the closely related indigenous languages spoken by the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) and neighboring peoples of northern Mexico.
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A.
Yucatecan branch
The Yucatecan branch is a subgroup of Mayan languages spoken primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula and surrounding regions, including languages such as Yucatec Maya, Itza’, and Mopan.
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B.
Tzeltalan branch
The Tzeltalan branch is a subgroup of Mayan languages spoken primarily in the Chiapas region of southern Mexico, including languages such as Tzeltal and Tzotzil.
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C.
Kʼichean–Mamean branch
The Kʼichean–Mamean branch is a subgroup of the Mayan language family that includes closely related highland languages spoken primarily in Guatemala.
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D.
Epazoyucan
Epazoyucan is a municipality in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico, known for its rural landscapes and proximity to the mining and cultural region of the Comarca Minera.
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E.
Southern Rarámuri
Southern Rarámuri is a regional variety of the Rarámuri (Tarahumara) language spoken by Indigenous communities in the southern part of the Sierra Madre region of northern Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Uto-Aztecan languages
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language subgroup ⓘ |
| associatedWith | indigenous peoples of northern Mexico ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
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Chihuahua NERFINISHED ⓘ Durango NERFINISHED ⓘ New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinaloa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Taracahitic branch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tarahumaran–Piman branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Akimel O’odham language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cahita subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ Eudeve language ⓘ Guarijío language NERFINISHED ⓘ Guarijío–Tarahumara subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ Jova language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mountain Pima language ⓘ Northern Tepehuán language NERFINISHED ⓘ Opata language NERFINISHED ⓘ Opata–Eudeve subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ O’odham language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pima Alto language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pima Bajo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pápago language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rarámuri language NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Tepehuán language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarahumara language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarahumaran–Piman subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ Tepehuan subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ Tohono O’odham language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tubatulabal language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tubatulabal subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ Varohío language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaqui language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature | closely related indigenous languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Uto-Aztecan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Guarijío people
NERFINISHED
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Mayo people NERFINISHED ⓘ O’odham people NERFINISHED ⓘ Pima people NERFINISHED ⓘ Rarámuri people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarahumara people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tepehuán people NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaqui people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Sierra Madre Occidental
NERFINISHED
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northern Mexico ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Uto-Aztecan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Tarahumaran branch Description of subject: The Tarahumaran branch is a subgroup of the Uto-Aztecan language family encompassing the closely related indigenous languages spoken by the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) and neighboring peoples of northern Mexico.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.