Yakutic languages
E516506
The Yakutic languages are a small branch of the Turkic language family spoken primarily in northeastern Siberia, most notably including the Sakha (Yakut) language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yakutic languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5361644 — 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: Yakutic languages Context triple: [Northeastern Turkic, hasSubgroup, Yakutic languages]
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A.
Yeniseian languages
Yeniseian languages are a small, endangered family of languages spoken by Indigenous peoples of central Siberia, notably including Ket.
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B.
Tungusic languages
Tungusic languages are a family of languages spoken in eastern Siberia, northeastern China, and parts of the Russian Far East, including languages such as Evenki and Manchu.
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C.
Yukaghir
The Yukaghir are an Indigenous people of northeastern Siberia, Russia, known for their traditional hunting and fishing lifestyle and their distinct Yukaghir languages.
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D.
Karluk languages
Karluk languages are a subgroup of the Turkic language family that includes major Central Asian languages such as Uzbek and Uyghur.
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E.
Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages
The Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken in northeastern Siberia, known for their complex morphology and inclusion of languages such as Chukchi and Koryak.
- 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: Yakutic languages Target entity description: The Yakutic languages are a small branch of the Turkic language family spoken primarily in northeastern Siberia, most notably including the Sakha (Yakut) language.
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A.
Yeniseian languages
Yeniseian languages are a small, endangered family of languages spoken by Indigenous peoples of central Siberia, notably including Ket.
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B.
Tungusic languages
Tungusic languages are a family of languages spoken in eastern Siberia, northeastern China, and parts of the Russian Far East, including languages such as Evenki and Manchu.
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C.
Yukaghir
The Yukaghir are an Indigenous people of northeastern Siberia, Russia, known for their traditional hunting and fishing lifestyle and their distinct Yukaghir languages.
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D.
Karluk languages
Karluk languages are a subgroup of the Turkic language family that includes major Central Asian languages such as Uzbek and Uyghur.
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E.
Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages
The Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken in northeastern Siberia, known for their complex morphology and inclusion of languages such as Chukchi and Koryak.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Turkic language branch
ⓘ
language branch ⓘ |
| arealFeature |
influence from Mongolic languages
ⓘ
influence from Russian ⓘ influence from Tungusic languages ⓘ |
| arealGrouping | Circum-Arctic languages ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
Dolgan people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sakha people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Khakas language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siberian Tatar language ⓘ Tuvan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | partially endangered (for some varieties) ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Eastern Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologClassification | North Siberian Turkic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorLanguage | Sakha language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Dolgan language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sakha language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakut language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNonStandardizedVarieties | Dolgan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableLanguage | Sakha language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStandardizedOrthographyFor | Sakha language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherFamily | Altaic languages (proposed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | migration of Turkic-speaking groups to northeastern Siberia ⓘ |
| ISO639MacrolanguageStatus | not a macrolanguage ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Turkic languages ⓘ |
| lexicalBorrowingFrom |
Evenki language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mongolian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
long vowels
ⓘ
palatalization contrasts ⓘ rich vowel inventory ⓘ |
| researchField |
Siberian linguistics
ⓘ
Turkology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Krasnoyarsk Krai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ Sakha Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Taymyr Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Siberia ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Siberian Turkic languages
ⓘ
Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local administration in Sakha Republic (via Sakha)
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oral literature in Sakha Republic ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsed | Cyrillic script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yakutic languages Description of subject: The Yakutic languages are a small branch of the Turkic language family spoken primarily in northeastern Siberia, most notably including the Sakha (Yakut) language.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.