Kʼicheʼ
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Kʼicheʼ is a major Mayan language spoken primarily by the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, with a rich literary and cultural tradition.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kʼicheʼ canonical | 12 |
| Kʼicheʼ Maya | 4 |
| K’iche’ | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T705435 — 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: Kʼicheʼ Context triple: [Guatemala, recognizedLanguage, Kʼicheʼ]
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A.
Tláhuac
Tláhuac is a largely semi-rural borough in the southeastern part of Mexico City, known for its chinampas (traditional canal-based agriculture) and rapid urbanization.
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B.
Cobá
Cobá is an ancient Maya city in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its extensive network of sacbeob (raised stone roads) and towering pyramid structures amid dense jungle.
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C.
Ocoyoacac
Ocoyoacac is a municipality in the State of Mexico located on the western edge of the Valley of Mexico, known for its forests, mountainous terrain, and proximity to Mexico City.
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D.
Tacuba
Tacuba is a historic neighborhood in Mexico City known for its colonial-era architecture and role as a former pre-Hispanic town.
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E.
Chalco
Chalco is a municipality in the State of Mexico, part of the Mexico City metropolitan area, known historically as a pre-Hispanic settlement near Lake Chalco.
- 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: Kʼicheʼ Target entity description: Kʼicheʼ is a major Mayan language spoken primarily by the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, with a rich literary and cultural tradition.
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A.
Tláhuac
Tláhuac is a largely semi-rural borough in the southeastern part of Mexico City, known for its chinampas (traditional canal-based agriculture) and rapid urbanization.
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B.
Cobá
Cobá is an ancient Maya city in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its extensive network of sacbeob (raised stone roads) and towering pyramid structures amid dense jungle.
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C.
Ocoyoacac
Ocoyoacac is a municipality in the State of Mexico located on the western edge of the Valley of Mexico, known for its forests, mountainous terrain, and proximity to Mexico City.
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D.
Tacuba
Tacuba is a historic neighborhood in Mexico City known for its colonial-era architecture and role as a former pre-Hispanic town.
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E.
Chalco
Chalco is a municipality in the State of Mexico, part of the Mexico City metropolitan area, known historically as a pre-Hispanic settlement near Lake Chalco.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kiche
ⓘ
Quiché ⓘ |
| autonym |
Kʼicheʼ
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
K’iche’
|
| basicWordOrder | verb–object–subject ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kaqchikel
ⓘ
Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
surface form:
Tzʼutujil
Uspantek ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicAssociation |
Kʼicheʼ
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kʼicheʼ Maya
|
| family | Mayan language family ⓘ |
| glottocode | kich1262 ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Mayan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Mayan
|
| hasDialect |
Central Kʼicheʼ
ⓘ
Eastern Kʼicheʼ ⓘ Northern Kʼicheʼ ⓘ Southern Kʼicheʼ ⓘ Western Kʼicheʼ ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
aspect-based verbal system
ⓘ
set A and set B person markers ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
ergative–absolutive alignment
ⓘ
head-marking morphology ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Maya codices
ⓘ
surface form:
Popol Vuh
Title of the Lords of Totonicapán ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalized consonants
ⓘ
phonemic vowel length ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryBody | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
| historicalWritingSystem | Mayan hieroglyphic script ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageOf | Guatemala ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-1 | none ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-2 | quc ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | quc ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vigorous use in many communities ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Guatemala Highlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Guatemalan highlands
|
| recognizedBy | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ |
| region |
Quiché Department
ⓘ
surface form:
Departments of Quiché, Totonicapán, Sololá, Chimaltenango, Quetzaltenango, Suchitepéquez in Guatemala
|
| spokenBy | Kʼicheʼ people ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Guatemala ⓘ |
| subfamily | Quichean–Mamean branch ⓘ |
| subgroup | Greater Quichean ⓘ |
| usedIn |
bilingual education in Guatemala
ⓘ
local radio broadcasting ⓘ ritual and religious practices ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kʼicheʼ Description of subject: Kʼicheʼ is a major Mayan language spoken primarily by the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, with a rich literary and cultural tradition.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kʼicheʼ Maya
this entity surface form:
Kʼicheʼ Maya
this entity surface form:
Kʼicheʼ Maya
this entity surface form:
Kʼicheʼ Maya
this entity surface form:
K’iche’
this entity surface form:
K’iche’