Klamath–Modoc language
E141836
Native American language
endangered language
indigenous language of the United States
spoken language
The Klamath–Modoc language is an endangered Native American language traditionally spoken by the Klamath and Modoc peoples of southern Oregon and northern California.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Klamath-Modoc language | 2 |
| Klamath–Modoc language canonical | 2 |
| Klamath language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T830152 — 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: Klamath–Modoc language Context triple: [Penutian languages, hasSubgroup, Klamath–Modoc language]
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A.
Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
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B.
Ohlone languages
Ohlone languages are a group of closely related indigenous languages traditionally spoken by the Ohlone people of the central California coast.
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C.
Shasta language
The Shasta language is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Shasta people of northern California and southern Oregon, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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D.
Siuslaw language
The Siuslaw language is an extinct Native American language once spoken along the central Oregon coast, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
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E.
Plains Miwok
Plains Miwok are a Native American people of central California, traditionally inhabiting the lower Sacramento Valley and known for their distinct Miwokan language and cultural practices.
- 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: Klamath–Modoc language Target entity description: The Klamath–Modoc language is an endangered Native American language traditionally spoken by the Klamath and Modoc peoples of southern Oregon and northern California.
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A.
Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
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B.
Ohlone languages
Ohlone languages are a group of closely related indigenous languages traditionally spoken by the Ohlone people of the central California coast.
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C.
Shasta language
The Shasta language is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Shasta people of northern California and southern Oregon, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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D.
Siuslaw language
The Siuslaw language is an extinct Native American language once spoken along the central Oregon coast, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
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E.
Plains Miwok
Plains Miwok are a Native American people of central California, traditionally inhabiting the lower Sacramento Valley and known for their distinct Miwokan language and cultural practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of the United States ⓘ spoken language ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Klamath people
ⓘ
surface form:
Klamath Tribes
Modoc ⓘ
surface form:
Modoc Nation
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedBy |
Albert Samuel Gatschet
ⓘ
M. A. R. Barker ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
historical assimilation policies
ⓘ
language shift to English ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Klamath dialect
ⓘ
Modoc dialect ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
case marking on nouns
ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
dictionary
ⓘ
grammar ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | kla ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Plateau Penutian
ⓘ
surface form:
Plateau Penutian languages
|
| linguisticArea | Plateau linguistic area ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Achumawi language
ⓘ
Northern Paiute language ⓘ Shasta language ⓘ Takelma language ⓘ |
| region | Klamath Basin ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Klamath people
ⓘ
Modoc people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Northern California
ⓘ
surface form:
northern California
southern Oregon ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Lost River region
ⓘ
Klamath Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Tule Lake region
around Upper Klamath Lake ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
oral history ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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
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Input
Subject: Klamath–Modoc language Description of subject: The Klamath–Modoc language is an endangered Native American language traditionally spoken by the Klamath and Modoc peoples of southern Oregon and northern California.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Klamath language
this entity surface form:
Klamath-Modoc language
this entity surface form:
Klamath-Modoc language