Tepiman languages
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The Tepiman languages are a group of closely related Uto-Aztecan indigenous languages spoken primarily in northern Mexico by various Tepehuán and Piman peoples.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tepiman languages canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5256480 — 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: Tepiman languages Context triple: [Northern Tepehuán language, branchOf, Tepiman languages]
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A.
Damara language
The Damara language is a Khoe (Central Khoisan) language spoken primarily by the Damara people of Namibia.
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B.
Badaic languages
Badaic languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken in central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their close relationship to other Celebic languages.
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C.
Amuesha language
The Amuesha language, also known as Yanesha', is an Arawakan language spoken by the Yanesha' people of the central Peruvian Amazon.
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D.
Tobian language
The Tobian language is a Micronesian language spoken primarily on Tobi Island in Palau, known for its small speaker population and close relation to other Carolinean languages.
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E.
Towa language
Towa is a Native American language spoken by the Towa (Jemez) people of New Mexico and is part of the Puebloan language family.
- 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: Tepiman languages Target entity description: The Tepiman languages are a group of closely related Uto-Aztecan indigenous languages spoken primarily in northern Mexico by various Tepehuán and Piman peoples.
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A.
Damara language
The Damara language is a Khoe (Central Khoisan) language spoken primarily by the Damara people of Namibia.
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B.
Badaic languages
Badaic languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken in central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their close relationship to other Celebic languages.
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C.
Amuesha language
The Amuesha language, also known as Yanesha', is an Arawakan language spoken by the Yanesha' people of the central Peruvian Amazon.
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D.
Tobian language
The Tobian language is a Micronesian language spoken primarily on Tobi Island in Palau, known for its small speaker population and close relation to other Carolinean languages.
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E.
Towa language
Towa is a Native American language spoken by the Towa (Jemez) people of New Mexico and is part of the Puebloan language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Uto-Aztecan language subgroup
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| areIndigenousTo |
Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areSpokenByIndigenousGroup |
Piman peoples
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tepehuán peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Uto-Aztecan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geneticallyRelatedTo |
Corachol languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nahuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Taracahitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Akimel O’odham language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eudeve language NERFINISHED ⓘ Jova language NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Tepehuán language NERFINISHED ⓘ Opata language NERFINISHED ⓘ O’odham language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pima Bajo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Piman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeastern Tepehuán language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tepehuán languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tohono O’odham language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| haveStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| languageFamilyOf |
Eudeve language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jova language ⓘ Northern Tepehuán language NERFINISHED ⓘ Opata language NERFINISHED ⓘ O’odham language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pima Bajo language ⓘ Southeastern Tepehuán language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Uto-Aztecan branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Akimel O’odham people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eudeve people NERFINISHED ⓘ Jova people NERFINISHED ⓘ Opata people NERFINISHED ⓘ O’odham people NERFINISHED ⓘ Pima Bajo people NERFINISHED ⓘ Piman peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Tepehuán peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Tohono O’odham people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
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Chihuahua NERFINISHED ⓘ Durango NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinaloa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonora NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Mexico ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Uto-Aztecan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
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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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tepiman languages Description of subject: The Tepiman languages are a group of closely related Uto-Aztecan indigenous languages spoken primarily in northern Mexico by various Tepehuán and Piman peoples.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.