Yowlumne
E376464
Yowlumne is a Native American language variety traditionally spoken by the Yowlumne (Southern Valley Yokuts) people of California’s San Joaquin Valley.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yowlumne canonical | 1 |
| Yowlumni (variant spelling) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3649162 — 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: Yowlumne Context triple: [Yokutsan languages, hasDialect, Yowlumne]
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A.
Myal
Myal is an Afro-Caribbean spiritual tradition originating among enslaved Africans in Jamaica, characterized by spirit possession, healing rituals, and resistance to oppression.
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B.
Chiawelo
Chiawelo is a residential suburb within the larger township of Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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C.
Wazhazhe
Wazhazhe is the self-designation of the Osage people, a Native American nation originally from the central United States.
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D.
Ulalume
"Ulalume" is a dark, melancholic poem by Edgar Allan Poe that explores themes of grief, memory, and the haunting power of lost love.
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E.
Awaswas
Awaswas is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken along the central coast of California.
- 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: Yowlumne Target entity description: Yowlumne is a Native American language variety traditionally spoken by the Yowlumne (Southern Valley Yokuts) people of California’s San Joaquin Valley.
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A.
Myal
Myal is an Afro-Caribbean spiritual tradition originating among enslaved Africans in Jamaica, characterized by spirit possession, healing rituals, and resistance to oppression.
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B.
Chiawelo
Chiawelo is a residential suburb within the larger township of Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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C.
Wazhazhe
Wazhazhe is the self-designation of the Osage people, a Native American nation originally from the central United States.
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D.
Ulalume
"Ulalume" is a dark, melancholic poem by Edgar Allan Poe that explores themes of grief, memory, and the haunting power of lost love.
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E.
Awaswas
Awaswas is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken along the central coast of California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Yokutsan language ⓘ indigenous language of California ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Yokuts people
ⓘ
surface form:
Yokuts peoples
Yowlumne tribe ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalAssociation |
San Joaquin Valley indigenous heritage
ⓘ
Yowlumne traditional culture ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus |
moribund
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Southern Valley Yokuts
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Valley Yokuts (variety)
Yowlumne ⓘ
surface form:
Yowlumni (variant spelling)
|
| hasEthnologueCode |
Southern Valley Yokuts
ⓘ
surface form:
yok (Yokuts cluster)
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SOV word order (reported for Yokutsan) ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | pre-contact language of the San Joaquin Valley ⓘ |
| isDocumentedIn |
grammatical descriptions of Yokutsan languages
ⓘ
linguistic field notes ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Yokutsan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Yokutsan dialect continuum
|
| languageFamily |
Penutian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Penutian (proposed)
Yokutsan ⓘ |
| languageRevitalization | subject of documentation and revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| region |
Central California
ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley floor ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Southern Valley Yokuts
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Valley Yokuts people
Yowlumne people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Southern Valley Yokuts
ⓘ
Yokuts ⓘ
surface form:
Valley Yokuts
|
| traditionalStatus | traditionally spoken ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (practical orthographies) ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Yowlumne Description of subject: Yowlumne is a Native American language variety traditionally spoken by the Yowlumne (Southern Valley Yokuts) people of California’s San Joaquin Valley.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yowlumni (variant spelling)