Southern Wakashan
E1409516
UNEXPLORED
Southern Wakashan is a branch of the Wakashan language family comprising several Indigenous languages spoken along the southern Pacific Northwest coast of North America.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Wakashan languages | 9 |
| Southern Wakashan canonical | 4 |
| Southern Wakashan branch | 1 |
| Southern Wakashan language group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20088265 — 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 Wakashan Context triple: [Ditidaht, subfamily, Southern Wakashan]
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A.
Northern Wakashan
Northern Wakashan is a branch of the Wakashan language family comprising several Indigenous languages spoken along the northern Pacific Northwest coast of Canada.
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B.
Northern Kalapuya
Northern Kalapuya is an extinct Native American language variety once spoken by the Kalapuya people in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon.
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C.
Southern Tiwa
Southern Tiwa is a Tanoan Tiwa language variety traditionally spoken by the Southern Tiwa people of New Mexico in the United States.
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D.
North Wakashan subgroup
The North Wakashan subgroup is a branch of the Wakashan language family comprising several closely related Indigenous languages spoken along the northern coast of British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Coast Salish region
The Coast Salish region is a cultural and geographic area of the Pacific Northwest encompassing the traditional territories of numerous Coast Salish Indigenous peoples, including the Suquamish, characterized by shared languages, customs, and maritime lifeways.
- 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 Wakashan Target entity description: Southern Wakashan is a branch of the Wakashan language family comprising several Indigenous languages spoken along the southern Pacific Northwest coast of North America.
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A.
Northern Wakashan
Northern Wakashan is a branch of the Wakashan language family comprising several Indigenous languages spoken along the northern Pacific Northwest coast of Canada.
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B.
Northern Kalapuya
Northern Kalapuya is an extinct Native American language variety once spoken by the Kalapuya people in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon.
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C.
Southern Tiwa
Southern Tiwa is a Tanoan Tiwa language variety traditionally spoken by the Southern Tiwa people of New Mexico in the United States.
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D.
North Wakashan subgroup
The North Wakashan subgroup is a branch of the Wakashan language family comprising several closely related Indigenous languages spoken along the northern coast of British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Coast Salish region
The Coast Salish region is a cultural and geographic area of the Pacific Northwest encompassing the traditional territories of numerous Coast Salish Indigenous peoples, including the Suquamish, characterized by shared languages, customs, and maritime lifeways.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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