Northern Tepehuán language
E118711
The Northern Tepehuán language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Tepehuán people of northern Mexico, particularly in parts of Durango and neighboring states.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northern Tepehuan language | 3 |
| Northern Tepehuán language canonical | 3 |
| ntp (Northern Tepehuan) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T998655 — 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: Northern Tepehuán language Context triple: [Tepehuán, language, Northern Tepehuán language]
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A.
Chemehuevi language
Chemehuevi language is a critically endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Chemehuevi people of the Great Basin region in the southwestern United States.
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B.
Diegueño language
The Diegueño language is a Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Diegueño) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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C.
Maricopa language
Maricopa language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Maricopa people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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D.
Quechan language
The Quechan language is a Native American language spoken by the Quechan (Yuma) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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E.
Yavapai language
The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.
- 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: Northern Tepehuán language Target entity description: The Northern Tepehuán language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Tepehuán people of northern Mexico, particularly in parts of Durango and neighboring states.
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A.
Chemehuevi language
Chemehuevi language is a critically endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Chemehuevi people of the Great Basin region in the southwestern United States.
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B.
Diegueño language
The Diegueño language is a Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Diegueño) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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C.
Maricopa language
Maricopa language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Maricopa people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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D.
Quechan language
The Quechan language is a Native American language spoken by the Quechan (Yuma) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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E.
Yavapai language
The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| autonym | O’dam ⓘ |
| branchOf | Tepiman languages ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Tepehuán people
ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuan people
|
| family |
Uto-Aztecan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Uto-Aztecan
|
| glottocode | nort2951 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tepehuán de Durango
ⓘ
Tepehuán del Norte ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuán de Durango
|
| hasDialects | regional varieties in Durango ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
oral tradition
ⓘ
traditional songs and narratives ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SOV word order (tendency)
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ complex verbal inflection ⓘ verb-based morphology ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationInvolved |
Mexican National Institute of Indigenous Languages (INALI)
ⓘ
linked to:
Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (in some analyses)
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort | community-based language preservation projects ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ntp ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| languageOf | Tepehuán culture ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarity | other Tepiman languages ⓘ |
| macroArea | Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| region | Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
O’odham language
ⓘ
Pima Bajo language ⓘ
linked to:
Pima language
Southern Tepehuán language ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chihuahua
ⓘ
Durango ⓘ Mexico ⓘ northern Mexico ⓘ |
| status | vulnerable ⓘ |
| subfamily | Tepiman branch ⓘ |
| typologicalClass | head-marking language ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Spanish language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Tepehuán communities
ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | bilingual education programs (limited) ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Northern Tepehuán language Description of subject: The Northern Tepehuán language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Tepehuán people of northern Mexico, particularly in parts of Durango and neighboring states.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Northern Tepehuán language
linked to: Northern Tepehuán language
linked to: Northern Tepehuán language