Tiwa (Tigua) language
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The Tiwa (Tigua) language is a Southern Tiwa Puebloan language of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken by the Tigua people of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in Texas and nearby regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tiwa (Tigua) language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15881909 — 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: Tiwa (Tigua) language Context triple: [Ysleta, language, Tiwa (Tigua) language]
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A.
Guarijío language
The Guarijío language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Guarijío people of northern Mexico, particularly in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora.
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B.
Mayaimi language
The Mayaimi language was the now-extinct indigenous language once spoken by the Mayaimi people around Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida.
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C.
Tikuna language
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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D.
Jicarilla language
Jicarilla language is an Athabaskan (Apachean) Native American language traditionally spoken by the Jicarilla Apache people of northern New Mexico.
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E.
Timucuan language
The Timucuan language was an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Timucua people in what is now northern Florida and southeastern Georgia.
- 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: Tiwa (Tigua) language Target entity description: The Tiwa (Tigua) language is a Southern Tiwa Puebloan language of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken by the Tigua people of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in Texas and nearby regions.
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A.
Guarijío language
The Guarijío language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Guarijío people of northern Mexico, particularly in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora.
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B.
Mayaimi language
The Mayaimi language was the now-extinct indigenous language once spoken by the Mayaimi people around Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida.
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C.
Tikuna language
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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D.
Jicarilla language
Jicarilla language is an Athabaskan (Apachean) Native American language traditionally spoken by the Jicarilla Apache people of northern New Mexico.
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E.
Timucuan language
The Timucuan language was an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Timucua people in what is now northern Florida and southeastern Georgia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.