Upper Tanana language
E350869
The Upper Tanana language is an endangered Northern Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Upper Tanana people of eastern Alaska and neighboring parts of Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper Tanana language canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3357052 — 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: Upper Tanana language Context triple: [Northern Athabaskan languages, hasMember, Upper Tanana language]
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A.
Gros Ventre language
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
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B.
Northern Tutchone
Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people in the central Yukon region of Canada.
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C.
Wakashan languages
The Wakashan languages are an indigenous language family of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, traditionally spoken by several First Nations peoples in what is now British Columbia and northwestern Washington.
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D.
Assiniboine language
The Assiniboine language is an Indigenous Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Assiniboine people of the Northern Plains in North America.
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E.
Tsimshianic languages
Tsimshianic languages are a small family of Indigenous languages spoken primarily by the Tsimshian peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, especially in British Columbia and southeastern Alaska.
- 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: Upper Tanana language Target entity description: The Upper Tanana language is an endangered Northern Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Upper Tanana people of eastern Alaska and neighboring parts of Canada.
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A.
Dena’ina language
The Dena’ina language is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Dena’ina people of south-central Alaska, including the Cook Inlet region.
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B.
Gros Ventre language
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
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C.
Northern Tutchone
Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people in the central Yukon region of Canada.
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D.
Wakashan languages
The Wakashan languages are an indigenous language family of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, traditionally spoken by several First Nations peoples in what is now British Columbia and northwestern Washington.
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E.
Assiniboine language
The Assiniboine language is an Indigenous Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Assiniboine people of the Northern Plains in North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Northern Athabaskan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | North America ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Gwich’in language
ⓘ
surface form:
Gwichʼin language
Northern Tutchone ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Tutchone language
Southern Tutchone ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Tutchone language
Tanacross language ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
carrier of Upper Tanana oral traditions
ⓘ
ceremonial language for Upper Tanana people ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguistic fieldwork ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| grammaticalType |
polysynthetic language
ⓘ
verb-centered morphology ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Upper Tanana Athabascan
ⓘ
Upper Tanana Athabascan ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Tanana Athabaskan
Upper Tanana Athabascan ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Tanana Dene
|
| hasDialect |
Beaver Creek dialect
ⓘ
Northway dialect ⓘ Scottie Creek dialect ⓘ Tetlin dialect ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | uppe1395 ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ tonal contrasts in some analyses ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | tau ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Alaska Native languages
ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan language continuum
|
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
Na-Dene ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene languages
|
| region |
Yukon Territory
ⓘ
eastern Alaska ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Yukon ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
Na-Dene ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene language
|
| subjectTo | language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| taughtAt | local schools in Upper Tanana communities ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguageOf | Upper Tanana people ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Upper Tanana communities in Beaver Creek
ⓘ
Upper Tanana communities in Northway ⓘ Upper Tanana communities in Scottie Creek area ⓘ Upper Tanana communities in Tetlin ⓘ Upper Tanana communities in Tok region ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Upper Tanana language Description of subject: The Upper Tanana language is an endangered Northern Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Upper Tanana people of eastern Alaska and neighboring parts of Canada.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.