Tanoan languages
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The Tanoan languages are a family of Native American languages spoken by several Pueblo and related Indigenous groups in the Southwestern United States.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tanoan languages canonical | 9 |
| Kiowa–Tanoan languages | 3 |
| Kiowa–Tanoan language family | 1 |
| Tiwa (Taos language) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4800550 — 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: Tanoan languages Context triple: [Indigenous peoples of the Southwest, hasLanguageFamily, Tanoan languages]
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A.
Zuni language
The Zuni language is an indigenous, language-isolate spoken by the Zuni people of the American Southwest, primarily in western New Mexico.
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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.
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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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.
Havasupai–Hualapai language
The Havasupai–Hualapai language is an indigenous Yuman language spoken by the Havasupai and Hualapai peoples of northwestern Arizona.
- 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: Tanoan languages Target entity description: The Tanoan languages are a family of Native American languages spoken by several Pueblo and related Indigenous groups in the Southwestern United States.
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A.
Zuni language
The Zuni language is an indigenous, language-isolate spoken by the Zuni people of the American Southwest, primarily in western New Mexico.
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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.
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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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.
Havasupai–Hualapai language
The Havasupai–Hualapai language is an indigenous Yuman language spoken by the Havasupai and Hualapai peoples of northwestern Arizona.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areIndigenousTo | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Pueblo culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicity | Tanoan peoples ⓘ |
| geneticRelation | Kiowa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Jemez language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Tiwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Picurís language NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Tiwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanoan Pueblo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Taos language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tewa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiwa language ⓘ Towa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranchOf | Kiowa–Tanoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyOf |
Tewa language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tiwa languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Towa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Rio Grande Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenAt |
Isleta Pueblo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jemez Pueblo NERFINISHED ⓘ Nambe Pueblo NERFINISHED ⓘ Picurís Pueblo NERFINISHED ⓘ Pojoaque Pueblo NERFINISHED ⓘ San Ildefonso Pueblo NERFINISHED ⓘ San Juan Pueblo NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandia Pueblo NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Clara Pueblo NERFINISHED ⓘ Taos Pueblo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tesuque Pueblo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Pueblo peoples
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tewa people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiwa people NERFINISHED ⓘ Towa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered (some member languages) ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Tewa language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tiwa languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Towa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
use of tone or pitch accent (in some languages) ⓘ verb-final word order (in many varieties) ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tanoan languages Description of subject: The Tanoan languages are a family of Native American languages spoken by several Pueblo and related Indigenous groups in the Southwestern United States.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kiowa–Tanoan languages
this entity surface form:
Kiowa–Tanoan languages
this entity surface form:
Kiowa–Tanoan languages
this entity surface form:
Kiowa–Tanoan language family
this entity surface form:
Tiwa (Taos language)