Carijona language
E772722
The Carijona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Carijona people of Colombia, now highly endangered with only a small number of elderly speakers remaining.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carijona language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9011376 — 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: Carijona language Context triple: [Yukpa language, closelyRelatedTo, Carijona language]
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A.
Cabiyari language
The Cabiyari language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Cabiyari people of the northwestern Amazon region.
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B.
Paraujano language
The Paraujano language is an indigenous Arawakan (Maipurean) language historically spoken by the Paraujano people of northwestern Venezuela, now critically endangered or nearly extinct.
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C.
Curripaco language
The Curripaco language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Curripaco people of the Northwest Amazon region in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.
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D.
Ignaciano language
The Ignaciano language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Ignaciano people of Bolivia’s Beni region, closely related to other Moxo (Mojeño) varieties.
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E.
Parji language
The Parji language is a lesser-known Dravidian language spoken primarily by tribal communities in central India, particularly in parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
- 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: Carijona language Target entity description: The Carijona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Carijona people of Colombia, now highly endangered with only a small number of elderly speakers remaining.
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A.
Cabiyari language
The Cabiyari language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Cabiyari people of the northwestern Amazon region.
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B.
Paraujano language
The Paraujano language is an indigenous Arawakan (Maipurean) language historically spoken by the Paraujano people of northwestern Venezuela, now critically endangered or nearly extinct.
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C.
Curripaco language
The Curripaco language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Curripaco people of the Northwest Amazon region in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.
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D.
Ignaciano language
The Ignaciano language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Ignaciano people of Bolivia’s Beni region, closely related to other Moxo (Mojeño) varieties.
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E.
Parji language
The Parji language is a lesser-known Dravidian language spoken primarily by tribal communities in central India, particularly in parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cariban language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Colombia ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | highly endangered ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | Cariban > Guianan Carib branch ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Carijona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hianacoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Karihona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicPopulation | Carijona people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | cari1279 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Carijona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | suffixing ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | Carijona indigenous communities ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV (subject–object–verb) (tendency) ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | cbd ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | very few ⓘ |
| region |
Amazonas Department, Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caquetá River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riskOfExtinction | severe ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Carijona people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenByAgeGroup | primarily elderly speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | moribund ⓘ |
| typologicalClassification | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Carijona language Description of subject: The Carijona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Carijona people of Colombia, now highly endangered with only a small number of elderly speakers remaining.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.