Upper Tanana Athabascan
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Upper Tanana Athabascan is an Athabaskan (Dene) language traditionally spoken by Indigenous Upper Tanana people in eastern Alaska and neighboring parts of Canada.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper Tanana Athabascan canonical | 2 |
| Upper Tanana Athabaskan | 2 |
| Upper Tanana Dene | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14158341 — 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: Upper Tanana Athabascan Context triple: [Upper Tanana language, hasAlternativeName, Upper Tanana Athabascan]
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A.
Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan
Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan is an endangered Northern Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Upper Kuskokwim people of interior Alaska.
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B.
Koyukon Athabaskan
Koyukon Athabaskan is an Athabaskan (Dene) language spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska.
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C.
Southern Tutchone
Southern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Tutchone people in the Yukon Territory of northwestern Canada.
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D.
Bear River Athabaskan
Bear River Athabaskan is an extinct Athabaskan language once spoken by Indigenous people along California’s northwestern coast.
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E.
Northern Tutchone
Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people in the central Yukon region of 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: Upper Tanana Athabascan Target entity description: Upper Tanana Athabascan is an Athabaskan (Dene) language traditionally spoken by Indigenous Upper Tanana people in eastern Alaska and neighboring parts of Canada.
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A.
Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan
Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan is an endangered Northern Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Upper Kuskokwim people of interior Alaska.
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B.
Koyukon Athabaskan
Koyukon Athabaskan is an Athabaskan (Dene) language spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska.
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C.
Southern Tutchone
Southern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Tutchone people in the Yukon Territory of northwestern Canada.
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D.
Bear River Athabaskan
Bear River Athabaskan is an extinct Athabaskan language once spoken by Indigenous people along California’s northwestern coast.
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E.
Northern Tutchone
Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people in the central Yukon region of Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Upper Tanana Athabascan
linked to: Upper Tanana Athabascan
linked to: Upper Tanana Athabascan