Upper Orinoco subgroup of Arawakan
E618338
The Upper Orinoco subgroup of Arawakan is a branch of the Arawakan language family comprising closely related indigenous languages historically spoken in the Upper Orinoco River region of northern South America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper Orinoco subgroup of Arawakan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6777295 — 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: Upper Orinoco subgroup of Arawakan Context triple: [Achagua language, languageBranch, Upper Orinoco subgroup of Arawakan]
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A.
Omagua–Cocama subgroup
The Omagua–Cocama subgroup is a branch of the Tupi–Guaraní language family that includes closely related indigenous languages once spoken along the Amazon and its tributaries.
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B.
Paresí–Xingu subgroup
The Paresí–Xingu subgroup is a branch of the Arawakan language family comprising closely related indigenous languages spoken primarily in the Xingu and surrounding regions of Brazil.
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C.
Munduruku language subgroup
The Munduruku language subgroup is a branch of the Tupian language family comprising the indigenous Munduruku and closely related languages spoken primarily in the Amazon region of Brazil.
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D.
Eastern Maroon languages
Eastern Maroon languages are a group of closely related creole languages spoken by Maroon communities in eastern Suriname and French Guiana, developed from contact between African languages and European colonial languages.
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E.
Tucanoan languages
The Tucanoan languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in the northwestern Amazon Basin of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru, known for complex evidentiality systems and extensive multilingualism among their speakers.
- 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: Upper Orinoco subgroup of Arawakan Target entity description: The Upper Orinoco subgroup of Arawakan is a branch of the Arawakan language family comprising closely related indigenous languages historically spoken in the Upper Orinoco River region of northern South America.
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A.
Omagua–Cocama subgroup
The Omagua–Cocama subgroup is a branch of the Tupi–Guaraní language family that includes closely related indigenous languages once spoken along the Amazon and its tributaries.
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B.
Paresí–Xingu subgroup
The Paresí–Xingu subgroup is a branch of the Arawakan language family comprising closely related indigenous languages spoken primarily in the Xingu and surrounding regions of Brazil.
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C.
Munduruku language subgroup
The Munduruku language subgroup is a branch of the Tupian language family comprising the indigenous Munduruku and closely related languages spoken primarily in the Amazon region of Brazil.
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D.
Eastern Maroon languages
Eastern Maroon languages are a group of closely related creole languages spoken by Maroon communities in eastern Suriname and French Guiana, developed from contact between African languages and European colonial languages.
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E.
Tucanoan languages
The Tucanoan languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in the northwestern Amazon Basin of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru, known for complex evidentiality systems and extensive multilingualism among their speakers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of language family
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName | Upper Rio Negro–Upper Orinoco Arawakan subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
closely related languages
ⓘ
indigenous languages ⓘ |
| hasClassificationBasis |
lexical similarities
ⓘ
phonological correspondences ⓘ shared morphological patterns ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationStatus | unevenly documented ⓘ |
| hasGeographicDistribution |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFamily | Arawakan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Baniwa of Içana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baré NERFINISHED ⓘ Curripaco NERFINISHED ⓘ Guarequena NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandahuaca ⓘ Piapoco NERFINISHED ⓘ Resígaro NERFINISHED ⓘ Warekena NERFINISHED ⓘ Yavitero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryContactLanguages |
Cariban languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ Tukanoan languages ⓘ |
| hasProtoLanguage | Proto-Upper Orinoco Arawakan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
Amazonian linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
many languages endangered
ⓘ
some languages moribund or extinct ⓘ |
| hasTypology | predominantly head-marking ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant or flexible ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenIn | Upper Orinoco River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubsetOf | Arawakan languages of the Rio Negro–Orinoco area ⓘ |
| partOf | Arawakan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Orinoco River drainage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
nominal classification or gender systems ⓘ rich person-marking on verbs ⓘ |
| sharesFeatureWith | other Arawakan branches ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Upper Orinoco River region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Northern Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous peoples of the Upper Orinoco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Upper Orinoco subgroup of Arawakan Description of subject: The Upper Orinoco subgroup of Arawakan is a branch of the Arawakan language family comprising closely related indigenous languages historically spoken in the Upper Orinoco River region of northern South America.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.