Erie language
E1053161
UNEXPLORED
The Erie language was an Iroquoian language once spoken by the Erie people, a Native American group historically located around the southern shores of Lake Erie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Erie language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13655674 — 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: Erie language Context triple: [Erie people, language, Erie language]
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A.
Cayuga language
The Cayuga language is an Indigenous Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the Cayuga people, one of the member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.
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B.
Munsee language
The Munsee language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Munsee Lenape people of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, now critically endangered with only a few fluent speakers.
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C.
Hocąk language
Hocąk language is a Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people of the North American Midwest.
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D.
Odawa language
The Odawa language is an Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Odawa (Ottawa) people of the Great Lakes region in North America.
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E.
Kickapoo language
Kickapoo language is an endangered Central Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Kickapoo people in parts of the United States and 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: Erie language Target entity description: The Erie language was an Iroquoian language once spoken by the Erie people, a Native American group historically located around the southern shores of Lake Erie.
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A.
Cayuga language
The Cayuga language is an Indigenous Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the Cayuga people, one of the member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.
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B.
Munsee language
The Munsee language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Munsee Lenape people of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, now critically endangered with only a few fluent speakers.
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C.
Hocąk language
Hocąk language is a Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people of the North American Midwest.
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D.
Odawa language
The Odawa language is an Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Odawa (Ottawa) people of the Great Lakes region in North America.
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E.
Kickapoo language
Kickapoo language is an endangered Central Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Kickapoo people in parts of the United States and Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.