Shoshoni
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Shoshoni is a Native American language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family, traditionally spoken by the Shoshone people of the western United States.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shoshone people | 4 |
| Shoshoni canonical | 4 |
| Eastern Shoshoni | 1 |
| Northern Shoshoni | 1 |
| Western Shoshoni | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T637386 — 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.
Target entity: Shoshoni Context triple: [Uto-Aztecan, includesLanguage, Shoshoni]
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A.
Paiute
The Paiute are an Indigenous people of the Great Basin region of the western United States, traditionally known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle, intricate basketry, and deep cultural ties to the desert landscape.
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B.
Blackfoot
The Blackfoot are a Native American people known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, warrior traditions, and historic presence across the northern Great Plains of what is now the United States and Canada.
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C.
Nez Perce
The Nez Perce are a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest, historically known for their horse culture, skilled horsemanship, and the 1877 flight led by Chief Joseph.
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D.
Comanche
The Comanche are a Native American people renowned for their skilled horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the southern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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E.
Osage Nation
The Osage Nation is a Native American tribe originally from the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys that became known for its powerful presence in the Great Plains and later for its oil wealth and the tragic "Reign of Terror" in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Shoshoni Target entity description: Shoshoni is a Native American language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family, traditionally spoken by the Shoshone people of the western United States.
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A.
Paiute
The Paiute are an Indigenous people of the Great Basin region of the western United States, traditionally known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle, intricate basketry, and deep cultural ties to the desert landscape.
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B.
Blackfoot
The Blackfoot are a Native American people known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, warrior traditions, and historic presence across the northern Great Plains of what is now the United States and Canada.
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C.
Nez Perce
The Nez Perce are a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest, historically known for their horse culture, skilled horsemanship, and the 1877 flight led by Chief Joseph.
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D.
Comanche
The Comanche are a Native American people renowned for their skilled horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the southern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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E.
Osage Nation
The Osage Nation is a Native American tribe originally from the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys that became known for its powerful presence in the Great Plains and later for its oil wealth and the tragic "Reign of Terror" in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Numic language ⓘ Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Comanche language
ⓘ
Northern Paiute language ⓘ Panamint (Koso) language ⓘ
surface form:
Panamint language
|
| endangeredStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Shoshoni
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Shoshone people
|
| glottocode | shos1248 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Shoshone ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Shoshoni
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Shoshoni
Gosiute ⓘ Shoshoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Shoshoni
Shoshoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Western Shoshoni
|
| hasLinguisticFeature |
postpositions
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rich verbal morphology ⓘ verb-final syntax ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
tone or pitch accent
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vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
language classes in tribal communities
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university-based Shoshoni courses ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | shh ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Numic ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| region |
Great Basin
ⓘ
western United States ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Idaho
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Nevada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Utah ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Central Numic language ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Idaho
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Nevada ⓘ Utah ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
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Shoshone-Bannock Tribes ⓘ Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural preservation
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oral storytelling ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Shoshoni Description of subject: Shoshoni is a Native American language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family, traditionally spoken by the Shoshone people of the western United States.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.