Meʼphaa languages
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Meʼphaa languages are a small group of indigenous Oto-Manguean languages spoken primarily by the Meʼphaa (Tlapanec) people in the state of Guerrero, Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meʼphaa languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8724495 — 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: Meʼphaa languages Context triple: [Tlapanecan languages, haveAlternativeName, Meʼphaa languages]
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A.
Maipurean languages
The Maipurean languages are a major branch of the Arawakan language family, historically spoken across large areas of northern South America and the Caribbean.
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B.
Zanian languages
Zanian languages are a small group of closely related Kartvelian languages spoken primarily in western Georgia, including Mingrelian and Laz.
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C.
Katuic languages
Katuic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Laos, Vietnam, and neighboring regions by various indigenous ethnic groups.
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D.
Baka–Gundi languages
The Baka–Gundi languages are a subgroup of Central African languages spoken primarily by forest-dwelling and neighboring communities, often associated with hunter-gatherer and agricultural populations in the Congo Basin region.
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E.
Nyungic languages
Nyungic languages are a subgroup of Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken in southwestern Western Australia, often associated with the Noongar people and related varieties.
- 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: Meʼphaa languages Target entity description: Meʼphaa languages are a small group of indigenous Oto-Manguean languages spoken primarily by the Meʼphaa (Tlapanec) people in the state of Guerrero, Mexico.
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A.
Maipurean languages
The Maipurean languages are a major branch of the Arawakan language family, historically spoken across large areas of northern South America and the Caribbean.
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B.
Zanian languages
Zanian languages are a small group of closely related Kartvelian languages spoken primarily in western Georgia, including Mingrelian and Laz.
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C.
Katuic languages
Katuic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Laos, Vietnam, and neighboring regions by various indigenous ethnic groups.
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D.
Baka–Gundi languages
The Baka–Gundi languages are a subgroup of Central African languages spoken primarily by forest-dwelling and neighboring communities, often associated with hunter-gatherer and agricultural populations in the Congo Basin region.
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E.
Nyungic languages
Nyungic languages are a subgroup of Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken in southwestern Western Australia, often associated with the Noongar people and related varieties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oto-Manguean languages
ⓘ
indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ language family ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tlapanec languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areHeadMarking | true ⓘ |
| areMesoamericanLanguages | true ⓘ |
| areMutuallyIntelligibleToVaryingDegrees | true ⓘ |
| arePrimarilyOralTradition | true ⓘ |
| areStudiedInField | Mesoamerican linguistics ⓘ |
| areSubjectOf | descriptive grammars and dictionaries ⓘ |
| areTonal | true ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Meʼphaa traditional music and oral literature ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | small language group within Oto-Manguean ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Costa Chica region of Guerrero
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Guerrero ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| haveBasicWordOrder | VSO or VOS (varies by variety) ⓘ |
| haveCommunityLanguageRevitalizationEfforts | true ⓘ |
| haveCommunityRadioBroadcastsInSomeVarieties | true ⓘ |
| haveComplexMorphology | true ⓘ |
| haveEthnologueEntry | true ⓘ |
| haveISO639_3Codes | true ⓘ |
| haveLoanwordsFrom | Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| haveNasalizationContrast | true ⓘ |
| havePhonemicGlottalization | true ⓘ |
| haveToneDistinguishingLexicalMeaning | true ⓘ |
| haveVerbAspectDistinctions | true ⓘ |
| includeVariety |
Acatepec Meʼphaa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Azoyú Meʼphaa NERFINISHED ⓘ Malinaltepec Meʼphaa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlacoapa Meʼphaa NERFINISHED ⓘ Zapotal Meʼphaa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Eastern Oto-Manguean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mesoamerican Linguistic Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | national indigenous languages of Mexico ⓘ |
| region | Sierra Madre del Sur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Meʼphaa people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tlapanec people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
state of Guerrero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Oto-Manguean language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectToLanguageShiftTowards | Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Spanish language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
bilingual education programs in Guerrero
ⓘ
traditional ritual contexts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Meʼphaa languages Description of subject: Meʼphaa languages are a small group of indigenous Oto-Manguean languages spoken primarily by the Meʼphaa (Tlapanec) people in the state of Guerrero, Mexico.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.