Pima language
E321762
The Pima language is a Uto-Aztecan Indigenous language spoken by the Akimel O’odham (Pima) people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pima Bajo language | 3 |
| Pima language canonical | 3 |
| Mountain Pima language | 1 |
| O’odham language | 1 |
| Pima language (Akimel O’odham) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2998218 — 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: Pima language Context triple: [Pima, alternateName, Pima language]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Yaqui language
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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D.
Cocopah language
The Cocopah language is a Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Cocopah people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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E.
Chiricahua language
The Chiricahua language is an Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Chiricahua Apache people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
- 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: Pima language Target entity description: The Pima language is a Uto-Aztecan Indigenous language spoken by the Akimel O’odham (Pima) people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Yaqui language
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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D.
Cocopah language
The Cocopah language is a Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Cocopah people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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E.
Chiricahua language
The Chiricahua language is an Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Chiricahua Apache people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous language of North America
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Akimel O'odham
ⓘ
surface form:
Akimel O’odham
Akimel O’odham language ⓘ Pima ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
O’odham language continuum
ⓘ
Tohono Oʼodham language ⓘ
surface form:
Tohono O’odham language
|
| country |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole |
marker of Akimel O’odham identity
ⓘ
vehicle for traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguists specializing in Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Akimel O'odham
ⓘ
surface form:
Akimel O’odham
|
| family |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan language family
|
| hasFeature |
rich verbal morphology
ⓘ
use of prefixes and suffixes ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ |
| hasPhonology | consonant inventory typical of Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ |
| hasTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | ood ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Piman languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mexican indigenous languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Indigenous languages of Mexico
Indigenous languages of the Southwestern United States ⓘ |
| region |
Arizona
ⓘ
Gila River Indian Community ⓘ Northern Mexico ⓘ Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern United States
|
| revitalizationEfforts |
bilingual education programs
ⓘ
community-based language classes ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Pima people
ⓘ
surface form:
Akimel O’odham people
Pima people ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Southern Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| subgroup | Tepiman languages ⓘ |
| usedBy | tribal governments in Arizona ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts
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community radio programming ⓘ oral narratives ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pima language Description of subject: The Pima language is a Uto-Aztecan Indigenous language spoken by the Akimel O’odham (Pima) people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
O’odham language
this entity surface form:
Pima Bajo language
this entity surface form:
Pima language (Akimel O’odham)
this entity surface form:
Pima Bajo language
this entity surface form:
Pima Bajo language
this entity surface form:
Mountain Pima language