Amuzgo language
E254409
Amuzgo language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken primarily by the Amuzgo people in the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amuzgo language canonical | 10 |
| Amuzgoan | 2 |
| Amuzgoan languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2306103 — 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: Amuzgo language Context triple: [Amuzgo, language, Amuzgo language]
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A.
Piapoco language
The Piapoco language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Piapoco people of Colombia and Venezuela.
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B.
Yucuna language
The Yucuna language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Yucuna people of the Colombian Amazon.
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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.
Enawené-Nawé language
The Enawené-Nawé language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Enawené-Nawé people of the Brazilian Amazon, known for its highly endangered status and rich oral tradition.
- 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: Amuzgo language Target entity description: Amuzgo language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken primarily by the Amuzgo people in the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
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A.
Piapoco language
The Piapoco language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Piapoco people of Colombia and Venezuela.
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B.
Yucuna language
The Yucuna language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Yucuna people of the Colombian Amazon.
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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.
Enawené-Nawé language
The Enawené-Nawé language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Enawené-Nawé people of the Brazilian Amazon, known for its highly endangered status and rich oral tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican language
ⓘ
Oto-Manguean language ⓘ indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | North America ⓘ |
| endangered | true ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Amuzgo
ⓘ
Ñomndaa ⓘ Ñomndaa ⓘ
surface form:
Ñomndaa’
|
| hasBasicWordOrder |
SVO
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Lower Amuzgo
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Eastern Amuzgo
Northern Amuzgo ⓘ Lower Amuzgo ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Amuzgo
Upper Amuzgo ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Eastern Amuzgo
|
| hasGlottocode | amuz1258 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | amu ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ nasalization ⓘ |
| isTonalLanguage | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Oto-Manguean languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Oto-Manguean
|
| languageFamilyBranch |
Oto-Manguean languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Oto-Manguean
|
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesoamerican linguistic area
ⓘ
surface form:
Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
|
| recognizedAs | national language of Mexico ⓘ |
| sharesArealFeaturesWith |
Mixtec languages
ⓘ
Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form:
Nahuatl language
Zapotecan languages ⓘ
surface form:
Zapotec languages
|
| spokenBy | Amuzgo people ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
Guerrero
ⓘ
Oaxaca state ⓘ
surface form:
Oaxaca
|
| subfamily | Amuzgoan ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Bible translation efforts
ⓘ
bilingual education programs in Mexico ⓘ linguistic documentation projects ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community radio broadcasting
ⓘ
local education ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ religious practices ⓘ |
| usedIn | interethnic communication in Amuzgo communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Amuzgo language Description of subject: Amuzgo language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken primarily by the Amuzgo people in the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Amuzgoan languages
this entity surface form:
Amuzgoan