Yaqui language
E313515
The Yaqui language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken primarily by the Yaqui people in northern Mexico and southern Arizona, known for its rich oral tradition and cultural significance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yaqui language canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2957281 — 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: Yaqui language Context triple: [Taracahitic, hasMember, Yaqui language]
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A.
Maricopa language
Maricopa language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Maricopa people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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B.
Chiricahua language
The Chiricahua language is an Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Chiricahua Apache people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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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.
Yavapai language
The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.
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E.
Purépecha language
The Purépecha language is an indigenous, language-isolate of western Mexico, primarily spoken in the state of Michoacán by the Purépecha people and known for its unique structure and historical significance.
- 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: Yaqui language Target entity description: The Yaqui language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken primarily by the Yaqui people in northern Mexico and southern Arizona, known for its rich oral tradition and cultural significance.
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A.
Maricopa language
Maricopa language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Maricopa people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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B.
Chiricahua language
The Chiricahua language is an Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Chiricahua Apache people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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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.
Yavapai language
The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.
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E.
Purépecha language
The Purépecha language is an indigenous, language-isolate of western Mexico, primarily spoken in the state of Michoacán by the Purépecha people and known for its unique structure and historical significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Indian language
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Cahitan languages ⓘ |
| branchOf | Southern Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Mayo language ⓘ |
| country |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance | central to Yaqui identity ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yaqui ⓘ |
| family |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan language family
|
| glottologName | Yaqui ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Hiaki language
ⓘ
Yoeme language ⓘ |
| hasDomain | rich oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | yaqu1251 ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
case marking
ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ switch-reference (in some descriptions) ⓘ verb-final syntax ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | yaq ⓘ |
| hasLearningResources | community-based language programs ⓘ |
| hasLinguasphereCode | 79-AAA-hd ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
stress accent
ⓘ
tone-less ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasPreservationEfforts | documentation and revitalization projects ⓘ |
| hasTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | suffixing ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Hiaki
ⓘ
Yoeme ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Northern Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
northern Mexico
|
| recognizedBy |
Mexico as an indigenous language
ⓘ
Indian Tribal Organizations ⓘ
surface form:
United States tribal governments
|
| region |
Arizona
ⓘ
surface form:
Arizona, United States
Sonora, Mexico ⓘ |
| secondaryRegion |
Southern Arizona
ⓘ
surface form:
southern Arizona
|
| spokenBy | Yaqui people ⓘ |
| subfamily | Cahitan branch ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
ⓘ
surface form:
Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Arizona
|
| usedIn |
ritual speech
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| 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
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: Yaqui language Description of subject: The Yaqui language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken primarily by the Yaqui people in northern Mexico and southern Arizona, known for its rich oral tradition and cultural significance.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Guadalupe, Arizona