Arte de la lengua yunga
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Arte de la lengua yunga is a colonial-era grammatical and lexical description of the Mochica (Yunga) language, created by missionaries to document and facilitate its study and use.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arte de la lengua yunga canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6427576 — 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: Arte de la lengua yunga Context triple: [Mochica language, hasWork, Arte de la lengua yunga]
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A.
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn is a 15th-century comparative treatise by Ali-Shir Nava'i that argues for the literary superiority of Chagatai Turkic over Persian.
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B.
Goodbye to Language
Goodbye to Language is a 2014 experimental 3D film by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard that explores fractured communication, perception, and the limits of cinema through a fragmented, essay-like narrative.
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C.
The American Language
The American Language is H. L. Mencken’s influential study of American English, examining its history, vocabulary, and divergence from British usage.
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D.
The Dream of a Common Language
The Dream of a Common Language is a landmark 1978 poetry collection by Adrienne Rich that explores feminist, lesbian, and political themes through formally innovative and emotionally intense verse.
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E.
Pax Mundi Per Linguas
Pax Mundi Per Linguas is the Latin motto of Kansai Gaidai University, expressing the ideal of achieving world peace through languages.
- 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: Arte de la lengua yunga Target entity description: Arte de la lengua yunga is a colonial-era grammatical and lexical description of the Mochica (Yunga) language, created by missionaries to document and facilitate its study and use.
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A.
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn is a 15th-century comparative treatise by Ali-Shir Nava'i that argues for the literary superiority of Chagatai Turkic over Persian.
-
B.
Goodbye to Language
Goodbye to Language is a 2014 experimental 3D film by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard that explores fractured communication, perception, and the limits of cinema through a fragmented, essay-like narrative.
-
C.
The American Language
The American Language is H. L. Mencken’s influential study of American English, examining its history, vocabulary, and divergence from British usage.
-
D.
The Dream of a Common Language
The Dream of a Common Language is a landmark 1978 poetry collection by Adrienne Rich that explores feminist, lesbian, and political themes through formally innovative and emotionally intense verse.
-
E.
Pax Mundi Per Linguas
Pax Mundi Per Linguas is the Latin motto of Kansai Gaidai University, expressing the ideal of achieving world peace through languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial-era grammar
ⓘ
linguistic description ⓘ missionary grammar ⓘ work about the Mochica language ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup |
Mochica people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yunga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholic missionaries
ⓘ
colonial evangelization ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describesLanguage |
Mochica language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yunga language ⓘ |
| describesLanguageFamily | Chimú languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedFeature |
Mochica vocabulary
ⓘ
morphology of Mochica ⓘ phonology of Mochica ⓘ syntax of Mochica ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
American indigenous languages
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descriptive linguistics ⓘ missionary linguistics ⓘ |
| genre | missionary linguistic work ⓘ |
| hasPart |
grammar section
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lexical section ⓘ paradigms of nominal inflection ⓘ paradigms of verbal inflection ⓘ vocabulary list ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | colonial Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importance |
key document for reconstruction of an extinct language
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primary source for the study of the Mochica language ⓘ |
| influenced |
later studies of Mochica
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research on pre-Hispanic languages of the north coast of Peru ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Mochica grammar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mochica lexicon ⓘ |
| preservedIn | historical archives and libraries ⓘ |
| purpose |
documentation of the Mochica language
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facilitation of language learning for missionaries ⓘ support for evangelization in Mochica ⓘ |
| regionDescribed | northern coast of Peru ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
historians of colonial Latin America
ⓘ
linguists ⓘ philologists of indigenous languages ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| usedAs |
pedagogical tool for language instruction
ⓘ
reference grammar ⓘ |
| usedBy |
colonial administrators and clergy
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missionaries in the Andean region ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Arte de la lengua yunga Description of subject: Arte de la lengua yunga is a colonial-era grammatical and lexical description of the Mochica (Yunga) language, created by missionaries to document and facilitate its study and use.
Referenced by (1)
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