Chʼortiʼ Maya
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The Chʼortiʼ Maya are an indigenous Maya people of eastern Guatemala and western Honduras, known for their distinct Mayan language and cultural traditions that trace back to the ancient Maya civilization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chʼortiʼ Maya canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5846128 — 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: Chʼortiʼ Maya Context triple: [Spanish conquest of Honduras, opponent, Chʼortiʼ Maya]
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A.
Tzʼutujil Maya
The Tzʼutujil Maya are an Indigenous Maya people of the Guatemalan highlands known for their rich linguistic and cultural traditions, vibrant textiles, and communities around Lake Atitlán.
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B.
Poqomchiʼ Maya
The Poqomchiʼ Maya are an indigenous Mayan people of the Guatemalan highlands, known for their distinct Mayan language, traditional agriculture, and rich ceremonial and cultural practices.
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C.
Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya is a Mayan language spoken primarily on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, especially among indigenous communities in states like Yucatán, Quintana Roo, and Campeche.
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D.
Tzeltal Maya
The Tzeltal Maya are an indigenous Maya people of the Chiapas highlands in southern Mexico, known for their distinct Mayan language, traditional agriculture, and rich textile and ritual practices.
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E.
Chontal of Tabasco
The Chontal of Tabasco are an indigenous Maya-related people of southeastern Mexico known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture and fishing practices, and rich cultural heritage along the Grijalva River and Gulf coast.
- 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: Chʼortiʼ Maya Target entity description: The Chʼortiʼ Maya are an indigenous Maya people of eastern Guatemala and western Honduras, known for their distinct Mayan language and cultural traditions that trace back to the ancient Maya civilization.
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A.
Tzʼutujil Maya
The Tzʼutujil Maya are an Indigenous Maya people of the Guatemalan highlands known for their rich linguistic and cultural traditions, vibrant textiles, and communities around Lake Atitlán.
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B.
Poqomchiʼ Maya
The Poqomchiʼ Maya are an indigenous Mayan people of the Guatemalan highlands, known for their distinct Mayan language, traditional agriculture, and rich ceremonial and cultural practices.
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C.
Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya is a Mayan language spoken primarily on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, especially among indigenous communities in states like Yucatán, Quintana Roo, and Campeche.
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D.
Tzeltal Maya
The Tzeltal Maya are an indigenous Maya people of the Chiapas highlands in southern Mexico, known for their distinct Mayan language, traditional agriculture, and rich textile and ritual practices.
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E.
Chontal of Tabasco
The Chontal of Tabasco are an indigenous Maya-related people of southeastern Mexico known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture and fishing practices, and rich cultural heritage along the Grijalva River and Gulf coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya people
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| ancestralCulture | ancient Maya civilization ⓘ |
| associatedArchaeologicalRegion | Copán region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Guatemala
ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ |
| culturalContinuityWith | Classic Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
communal land use
ⓘ
traditional Maya rituals ⓘ traditional music ⓘ traditional weaving ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
seasonal wage labor
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Guatemala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| facesIssue |
cultural marginalization
ⓘ
land conflicts ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Maya area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Chʼortiʼ language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| minorityGroupIn |
Guatemala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
indigenous people of Guatemala
ⓘ
indigenous people of Honduras ⓘ |
| region |
eastern Guatemala
ⓘ
western Honduras ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Chʼol Maya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kʼicheʼ Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ Qʼeqchiʼ Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Maya religion
ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Maya peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
adobe houses
ⓘ
thatch-roof houses ⓘ |
| traditionalReligionElements |
agricultural rituals
ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ sacred landscape worship ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
beans cultivation
ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ small-scale farming ⓘ squash cultivation ⓘ |
| usesScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Chʼortiʼ Maya Description of subject: The Chʼortiʼ Maya are an indigenous Maya people of eastern Guatemala and western Honduras, known for their distinct Mayan language and cultural traditions that trace back to the ancient Maya civilization.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.