Fox language
E59069
Fox language is a Native American Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Meskwaki (Fox), Sauk, and Kickapoo peoples of the central United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fox language canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T474171 — 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: Fox language Context triple: [Algonquian languages, includesLanguage, Fox language]
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A.
Fur language
The Fur language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Fur people of western Sudan, especially in the Darfur region.
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B.
Fang language
Fang is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Fang people of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Cameroon, notable for its significant influence on local varieties of Spanish and French.
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C.
Fox
Fox is a major American broadcast television network known for airing NFL games, including extensive coverage of NFC East matchups.
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D.
Hadza language
The Hadza language is an isolate spoken by the Hadza people of northern Tanzania, notable for its extensive use of click consonants and lack of clear genetic affiliation to other language families.
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E.
Pichi language
Pichi is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in Equatorial Guinea, where it serves as a major lingua franca and has significantly shaped local varieties of Spanish.
- 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: Fox language Target entity description: Fox language is a Native American Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Meskwaki (Fox), Sauk, and Kickapoo peoples of the central United States.
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A.
Fur language
The Fur language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Fur people of western Sudan, especially in the Darfur region.
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B.
Fang language
Fang is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Fang people of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Cameroon, notable for its significant influence on local varieties of Spanish and French.
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C.
Fox
Fox is a major American broadcast television network known for airing NFL games, including extensive coverage of NFC East matchups.
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D.
Hadza language
The Hadza language is an isolate spoken by the Hadza people of northern Tanzania, notable for its extensive use of click consonants and lack of clear genetic affiliation to other language families.
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E.
Pichi language
Pichi is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in Equatorial Guinea, where it serves as a major lingua franca and has significantly shaped local varieties of Spanish.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kickapoo
ⓘ
surface form:
Kickapoo-Fox (in some classifications)
Meskwaki language ⓘ Meskwaki language ⓘ
surface form:
Mesquakie language
Sac and Fox language ⓘ Sauk language ⓘ Meskwaki language ⓘ
surface form:
Sauk-Fox language
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kickapoo language
ⓘ
Potawatomi language ⓘ Shawnee language ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnologueName | Sauk ⓘ |
| glottocode | sauk1251 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Kickapoo dialect (closely related)
ⓘ
Meskwaki dialect ⓘ Sauk language ⓘ
surface form:
Sauk dialect
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| hasResource | Meskwaki language documentation and dictionaries ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | sac ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Algic ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Algonquian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Algonquian
|
| morphology |
animacy distinction
ⓘ
obviation system ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| revitalization |
community language classes
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Fox people
ⓘ
Kickapoo people ⓘ Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form:
Meskwaki people
Sac people ⓘ Sauk people ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Algonquian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Algonquian
|
| traditionalRegion |
Illinois
ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ central United States ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
head-marking
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ verb-final tendency ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Meskwaki Nation in Iowa
|
| usedIn |
oral storytelling
ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
Meskwaki syllabary (historical/limited use) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fox language Description of subject: Fox language is a Native American Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Meskwaki (Fox), Sauk, and Kickapoo peoples of the central United States.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Meskwaki