Resígaro language
E155582
Resígaro is an almost extinct indigenous Arawakan language once spoken in parts of the Peruvian and Colombian Amazon.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Resígaro language canonical | 2 |
| Ignaciano language | 1 |
| Resígaro (Arawakan) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1357282 — 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: Resígaro language Context triple: [Arawakan languages, hasLanguage, Resígaro language]
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A.
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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B.
Gallo language
Gallo language is a regional Romance language of eastern Brittany in France, distinct from both Breton and standard French.
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C.
Puquina language
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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D.
Teso language
Teso language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Iteso people in eastern Uganda and western Kenya.
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E.
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.
- 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: Resígaro language Target entity description: Resígaro is an almost extinct indigenous Arawakan language once spoken in parts of the Peruvian and Colombian Amazon.
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A.
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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B.
Gallo language
Gallo language is a regional Romance language of eastern Brittany in France, distinct from both Breton and standard French.
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C.
Puquina language
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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D.
Teso language
Teso language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Iteso people in eastern Uganda and western Kenya.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
South American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Northern branch of Arawakan (often classified) ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | generally accepted as Arawakan ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country |
Colombia
ⓘ
Peru ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Colombian Amazon region
ⓘ
surface form:
Colombian Amazon
Peruvian Amazon ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
language shift to Bora
ⓘ
language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup |
Arawak
ⓘ
surface form:
Arawakan peoples
|
| geographicDistribution |
Peruvian Amazon
ⓘ
surface form:
Napo River region
Putumayo River region ⓘ eastern Peru ⓘ
surface form:
north-eastern Peru
south-eastern Colombia ⓘ |
| glottologName | Resigaro ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Resigaro
ⓘ
Resígaro language ⓘ
surface form:
Resígaro (Arawakan)
Resígaru ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | resi1247 ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | rgr ⓘ |
| languageContact |
Bora language
ⓘ
Spanish language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Arawakan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Arawakan language family
|
| languageShiftTo |
Bora
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| macroArea | South America ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative (reported) ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature | contrastive nasalization (reported) ⓘ |
| region |
Amazon Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazon basin
|
| speakerNumber | very few speakers remaining ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Resígaro people ⓘ |
| status |
moribund
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Arawakan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Arawakan
|
| typologicalFeature | SOV basic word order (reported) ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday communication (historically)
ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| vitalityTrend | declining ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Resígaro language Description of subject: Resígaro is an almost extinct indigenous Arawakan language once spoken in parts of the Peruvian and Colombian Amazon.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ignaciano language
this entity surface form:
Resígaro (Arawakan)