Sauk language
E93462
The Sauk language is an Algonquian Indigenous language of North America traditionally spoken by the Sauk (Sac) people, closely related to the Fox and Kickapoo languages and now critically endangered.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sauk language canonical | 23 |
| Sauk-Fox language | 4 |
| Sauk dialect | 1 |
| Thâkîwaki (for Sauk) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T784372 — 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: Sauk language Context triple: [Sauk people, nativeLanguage, Sauk language]
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A.
Kickapoo language
Kickapoo language is an endangered Central Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Kickapoo people in parts of the United States and Mexico.
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B.
Menominee language
Menominee is an endangered Native American language of the Algonquian family traditionally spoken by the Menominee people of Wisconsin.
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C.
Ho-Chunk language
The Ho-Chunk language is a Native American Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Ho-Chunk people of Wisconsin and Nebraska, known for its complex verb morphology and ongoing revitalization efforts.
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D.
Shawnee language
The Shawnee language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Shawnee people, belonging to the Central Algonquian branch and now considered endangered.
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E.
Potawatomi language
The Potawatomi language is an Algonquian Indigenous language of the Great Lakes region, traditionally spoken by the Potawatomi people in parts of the United States and Canada.
- 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: Sauk language Target entity description: The Sauk language is an Algonquian Indigenous language of North America traditionally spoken by the Sauk (Sac) people, closely related to the Fox and Kickapoo languages and now critically endangered.
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A.
Kickapoo language
Kickapoo language is an endangered Central Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Kickapoo people in parts of the United States and Mexico.
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B.
Menominee language
Menominee is an endangered Native American language of the Algonquian family traditionally spoken by the Menominee people of Wisconsin.
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C.
Ho-Chunk language
The Ho-Chunk language is a Native American Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Ho-Chunk people of Wisconsin and Nebraska, known for its complex verb morphology and ongoing revitalization efforts.
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D.
Shawnee language
The Shawnee language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Shawnee people, belonging to the Central Algonquian branch and now considered endangered.
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E.
Potawatomi language
The Potawatomi language is an Algonquian Indigenous language of the Great Lakes region, traditionally spoken by the Potawatomi people in parts of the United States and Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sac and Fox language
ⓘ
Sac language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Fox language
ⓘ
Kickapoo language ⓘ |
| currentStatus | spoken by few fluent elders ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma
ⓘ
surface form:
Sac and Fox Nation
Sauk people ⓘ |
| glottocode | sauk1251 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
animacy-based grammar
ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ noun incorporation ⓘ obviative marking ⓘ person hierarchy in verb agreement ⓘ rich system of affixes ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalCategory |
animate vs inanimate noun classes
ⓘ
obviative vs proximate distinction ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
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nasal vowels ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | once widely spoken among Sauk people ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | sac ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Algic languages
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surface form:
Algic language family
|
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | North American Plains linguistic area ⓘ |
| morphologicalType |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| revitalizationActivity |
development of teaching materials
ⓘ
documentation by linguists ⓘ language classes in tribal communities ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | undergoing revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Iowa
ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subfamily |
Algonquian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Algonquian languages
|
| traditionalRegion |
Great Lakes region
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| usedByOrganization |
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
ⓘ
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form:
Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Lakes Algonquian syllabary
Latin script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sauk language Description of subject: The Sauk language is an Algonquian Indigenous language of North America traditionally spoken by the Sauk (Sac) people, closely related to the Fox and Kickapoo languages and now critically endangered.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sauk dialect
this entity surface form:
Thâkîwaki (for Sauk)
this entity surface form:
Sauk-Fox language
this entity surface form:
Sauk-Fox language
this entity surface form:
Sauk-Fox language
this entity surface form:
Sauk-Fox language