Southern Tepehuán language
E122258
Southern Tepehuán language is a Uto-Aztecan indigenous language spoken by the Southern Tepehuán people of northern Mexico.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Tepehuán language canonical | 2 |
| Southern Tepehuan language | 1 |
| sout2981 (Southwestern Tepehuan) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T998656 — 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: Southern Tepehuán language Context triple: [Tepehuán, language, Southern Tepehuán language]
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A.
Northern Tepehuán language
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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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.
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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D.
Aguaruna language
The Aguaruna language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Aguaruna (Awajún) people of northern Peru, closely related to the Shuar language of Ecuador.
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E.
Yuman–Cochimí languages
Yuman–Cochimí languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages historically spoken in the Baja California Peninsula and the lower Colorado River region of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
- 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: Southern Tepehuán language Target entity description: Southern Tepehuán language is a Uto-Aztecan indigenous language spoken by the Southern Tepehuán people of northern Mexico.
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A.
Northern Tepehuán language
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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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.
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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D.
Aguaruna language
The Aguaruna language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Aguaruna (Awajún) people of northern Peru, closely related to the Shuar language of Ecuador.
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E.
Yuman–Cochimí languages
Yuman–Cochimí languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages historically spoken in the Baja California Peninsula and the lower Colorado River region of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Uto-Aztecan language
ⓘ
indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Southern Uto-Aztecan branch
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Uto-Aztecan
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Southern Tepehuán
ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuan
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Southern Tepehuan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuan
Tepehuano del sur ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuán
Tepehuán de Durango ⓘ Tepehuán del sur ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuán
|
| hasDialect |
San Bernardino Milpillas dialect
ⓘ
Santa María de Ocotán dialect ⓘ Xoconoxtle dialect ⓘ
linked to:
Santa María de Ocotán dialect
|
| hasGlottocode | sout2951 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName |
Southern Tepehuan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuan
|
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone (reported in some descriptions)
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature | bilingualism in Spanish common among speakers ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
indigenous communities in Chihuahua
ⓘ
indigenous communities in Durango ⓘ indigenous communities in Nayarit ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom | Northern Tepehuán language ⓘ |
| isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith | Northern Tepehuán language ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | stp ⓘ |
| isSubjectTo | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Tepiman languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| languageStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| partOf |
Uto-Aztecan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Uto-Aztecan
|
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| region |
Durango
ⓘ
northern Nayarit ⓘ southern Chihuahua ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Southern Tepehuán people
ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuan people
|
| spokenIn |
Mexico
ⓘ
northern Mexico ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Tepehuan languages ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Spanish language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
oral tradition
ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Southern Tepehuán language Description of subject: Southern Tepehuán language is a Uto-Aztecan indigenous language spoken by the Southern Tepehuán people of northern Mexico.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Southern Tepehuán language
linked to: Southern Tepehuán language