Puquina language
E126406
The Puquina language is an extinct and poorly documented indigenous tongue once spoken in the central Andes, believed to have been associated with pre-Inca and possibly Tiwanaku-era civilizations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Puquina (extinct language family) | 1 |
| Puquina language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1065888 — 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: Puquina language Context triple: [Andean civilization, usedLanguage, Puquina language]
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A.
Pichi language
Pichi is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in Equatorial Guinea, where it serves as a major lingua franca and has significantly shaped local varieties of Spanish.
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B.
Chemehuevi language
Chemehuevi language is a critically endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Chemehuevi people of the Great Basin region in the southwestern United States.
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C.
Diegueño language
The Diegueño language is a Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Diegueño) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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D.
Aguaruna language
The Aguaruna language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Aguaruna (Awajún) people of northern Peru, closely related to the Shuar language of Ecuador.
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E.
Chocoan languages
The Chocoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in western Colombia and eastern Panama, known for including the Emberá and Wounaan languages.
- 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: Puquina language Target entity description: The Puquina language is an extinct and poorly documented indigenous tongue once spoken in the central Andes, believed to have been associated with pre-Inca and possibly Tiwanaku-era civilizations.
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A.
Pichi language
Pichi is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in Equatorial Guinea, where it serves as a major lingua franca and has significantly shaped local varieties of Spanish.
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B.
Chemehuevi language
Chemehuevi language is a critically endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Chemehuevi people of the Great Basin region in the southwestern United States.
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C.
Diegueño language
The Diegueño language is a Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Diegueño) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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D.
Aguaruna language
The Aguaruna language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Aguaruna (Awajún) people of northern Peru, closely related to the Shuar language of Ecuador.
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E.
Chocoan languages
The Chocoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in western Colombia and eastern Panama, known for including the Emberá and Wounaan languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct language
ⓘ
indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Pukina ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lake Titicaca region
ⓘ
Tiwanaku culture ⓘ
surface form:
Tiwanaku civilization
pre-Inca cultures ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | controversial ⓘ |
| consideredKeyFor |
reconstructing Tiwanaku linguistic history
ⓘ
understanding pre-Inca Andean ethnolinguistic landscape ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| era |
Inca Empire period
ⓘ
early Spanish colonial period ⓘ pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| ethnicAssociation | Puquina people ⓘ |
| extinctionCause |
language shift to Aymara
ⓘ
language shift to Quechua ⓘ language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| extinctionPeriod | colonial period ⓘ |
| geographicCoreArea | around Lake Titicaca ⓘ |
| glottocode | puqu1240 ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Callahuaya mixed speech ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature | complex morphology (reconstructed/attested in part) ⓘ |
| influencedToponymyOf |
southern Peru
ⓘ
western Bolivia ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | puq ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
colonial-era vocabularies
ⓘ
loanwords in neighboring languages ⓘ missionary grammars and wordlists ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Puquina family ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | unclassified language family ⓘ |
| notClassifiedAs |
Aymaran language
ⓘ
Quechuan language ⓘ Uru-Chipaya language ⓘ |
| possibleDescendant | Callahuaya language ⓘ |
| possibleSubstrateIn |
Aymaran languages
ⓘ
Quechuan language family ⓘ
surface form:
Quechuan languages
Andean languages ⓘ
surface form:
Uru-Chipaya languages
|
| possiblySpokenAt |
Tiwanaku archaeological site
ⓘ
surface form:
Tiwanaku urban center
|
| regionType |
Andean linguistic area
ⓘ
surface form:
Andean language area
|
| researchField | Andean historical linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bolivia
ⓘ
Peru ⓘ Andes ⓘ
surface form:
central Andes
|
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (in colonial transcriptions) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Puquina language Description of subject: The Puquina language is an extinct and poorly documented indigenous tongue once spoken in the central Andes, believed to have been associated with pre-Inca and possibly Tiwanaku-era civilizations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Puquina (extinct language family)