Kaska language
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The Kaska language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Kaska Dena people of the Yukon and northern British Columbia in Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaska language canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3357054 — 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: Kaska language Context triple: [Northern Athabaskan languages, hasMember, Kaska language]
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A.
Piipaash language
The Piipaash language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Piipaash (Maricopa) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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B.
Kaxabu language
The Kaxabu language is an indigenous Formosan language of Taiwan spoken by the Kaxabu people and considered highly endangered.
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C.
Avokaya language
The Avokaya language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Avokaya people in parts of South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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D.
Kitanemuk language
The Kitanemuk language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Kitanemuk people of Southern California.
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E.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
- 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: Kaska language Target entity description: The Kaska language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Kaska Dena people of the Yukon and northern British Columbia in Canada.
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A.
Piipaash language
The Piipaash language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Piipaash (Maricopa) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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B.
Kaxabu language
The Kaxabu language is an indigenous Formosan language of Taiwan spoken by the Kaxabu people and considered highly endangered.
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C.
Avokaya language
The Avokaya language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Avokaya people in parts of South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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D.
Kitanemuk language
The Kitanemuk language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Kitanemuk people of Southern California.
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E.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous language of North America
ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dane-zaa (Beaver) language
ⓘ
Dene K’e (Slavey) language ⓘ Sekani language ⓘ Tagish language ⓘ Tutchone language ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| educationStatus | taught in some local schools and community programs ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| family |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
|
| glottologName | Kaska ⓘ |
| hasCommunityOrganization |
Kaska Dena Council
ⓘ
surface form:
Daylu Dena Council
Kaska Dena Council ⓘ Liard First Nation ⓘ Ross River Dena Council ⓘ |
| hasDialects | regional varieties associated with different Kaska communities ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueCode | kkz ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | kask1239 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | kkz ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agreement marking for subject and object on the verb
ⓘ
complex verb prefix system ⓘ derivational prefixes encoding direction and aspect ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between plain, aspirated, and ejective stops and affricates
ⓘ
nasalized vowels in some environments ⓘ rich consonant inventory typical of Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Na-Dene
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surface form:
Na-Dene language family
|
| recognizedBy | First Nations in Yukon and northern British Columbia as a traditional language ⓘ |
| region |
Good Hope Lake area, British Columbia
ⓘ
Lower Post area, British Columbia ⓘ Ross River, Yukon ⓘ
surface form:
Ross River area, Yukon
Watson Lake ⓘ
surface form:
Watson Lake area, Yukon
|
| revitalizationEffort |
community-based language classes
ⓘ
documentation and dictionary projects ⓘ recordings of elders and fluent speakers ⓘ school and adult education programs in Yukon and northern British Columbia ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Dene peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Kaska Dena people
|
| spokenIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ northern British Columbia ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | language shift to English ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
polysynthetic morphology
ⓘ
tone or pitch accent distinctions in some analyses ⓘ verb-centered morphology ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial and cultural practices
ⓘ
community events in Kaska Dena communities ⓘ traditional oral storytelling ⓘ |
| wordOrder | typically SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kaska language Description of subject: The Kaska language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Kaska Dena people of the Yukon and northern British Columbia in Canada.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.