Amuesha
E628574
Amuesha is another name for the Yaneshaʼ language, an Arawakan language spoken by the Yaneshaʼ (Amuesha) people of central Peru.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amuesha canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6922427 — 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: Amuesha Context triple: [Yaneshaʼ language, alternativeName, Amuesha]
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A.
Munefusa
Munefusa is the birth name of Matsuo Bashō, the renowned 17th-century Japanese haiku poet and travel writer.
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B.
Dasuya
Dasuya is a town and municipal council in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, India, known historically as a significant settlement in the region.
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C.
Mehinako
Mehinako are an Indigenous people of the Upper Xingu region in Brazil, known for their distinct language, rich ritual traditions, and communal village life in the Amazon.
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D.
Chimariko
Chimariko is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Chimariko people in northwestern California.
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E.
Moruya
Moruya is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its scenic river setting, nearby beaches, and historic granite quarries.
- 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: Amuesha Target entity description: Amuesha is another name for the Yaneshaʼ language, an Arawakan language spoken by the Yaneshaʼ (Amuesha) people of central Peru.
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A.
Munefusa
Munefusa is the birth name of Matsuo Bashō, the renowned 17th-century Japanese haiku poet and travel writer.
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B.
Dasuya
Dasuya is a town and municipal council in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, India, known historically as a significant settlement in the region.
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C.
Mehinako
Mehinako are an Indigenous people of the Upper Xingu region in Brazil, known for their distinct language, rich ritual traditions, and communal village life in the Amazon.
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D.
Chimariko
Chimariko is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Chimariko people in northwestern California.
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E.
Moruya
Moruya is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its scenic river setting, nearby beaches, and historic granite quarries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Amuesha language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yanesha language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaneshaʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Asháninka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ashéninka NERFINISHED ⓘ other Southern Arawakan languages ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Yaneshaʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologName | Yaneshaʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
eastern Yaneshaʼ
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern Yaneshaʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern Yaneshaʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | yane1238 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea | Amazonian foothills of the Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMinorityLanguageStatusIn | Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulationEstimate | several thousand speakers ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | ame ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Peruvian Amazon linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Arawakan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maipurean ⓘ |
| region |
Junín Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pasco Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Amuesha people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yaneshaʼ people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Peru
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Peru ⓘ |
| status | threatened ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Maipurean language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ sociolinguistic studies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ |
| usedIn | bilingual education programs in Peru ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Amuesha Description of subject: Amuesha is another name for the Yaneshaʼ language, an Arawakan language spoken by the Yaneshaʼ (Amuesha) people of central Peru.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.