Wapishana language
E155583
The Wapishana language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken primarily by the Wapishana people in parts of Brazil and Guyana.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wapishana language canonical | 5 |
| Ethnologue: Wapishana | 1 |
| Wapishana (Guyana dialect) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1357283 — 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: Wapishana language Context triple: [Arawakan languages, hasLanguage, Wapishana language]
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A.
Woleaian language
The Woleaian language is a Micronesian language spoken primarily on the atolls of Woleai and nearby islands in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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B.
Washo language
The Washo language is a Native American language isolate traditionally spoken by the Washoe people of the Lake Tahoe region in California and Nevada.
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C.
Walapai language
The Walapai language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Hualapai people of northwestern Arizona.
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D.
Kalanguya language
The Kalanguya language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Luzon highlands of the Philippines.
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E.
Hoanya language
The Hoanya language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Hoanya people of western Taiwan and classified among the indigenous Formosan languages.
- 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: Wapishana language Target entity description: The Wapishana language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken primarily by the Wapishana people in parts of Brazil and Guyana.
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A.
Woleaian language
The Woleaian language is a Micronesian language spoken primarily on the atolls of Woleai and nearby islands in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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B.
Washo language
The Washo language is a Native American language isolate traditionally spoken by the Washoe people of the Lake Tahoe region in California and Nevada.
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C.
Walapai language
The Walapai language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Hualapai people of northwestern Arizona.
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D.
Kalanguya language
The Kalanguya language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kalanguya people in the northern Luzon highlands of the Philippines.
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E.
Hoanya language
The Hoanya language is an extinct Austronesian language once spoken by the Hoanya people of western Taiwan and classified among the indigenous Formosan languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
South American language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Vapixana
ⓘ
Wapichan ⓘ Wapishana ⓘ
linked to:
Wapixana
Wapixana ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Atorada language
ⓘ
Mapidian language ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country |
Brazil
ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to:
British Guiana
|
| culturalRole |
marker of Wapishana identity
ⓘ
medium of traditional knowledge transmission ⓘ |
| endangered | true ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Wapishana people ⓘ |
| hasCommunityEfforts |
bilingual education projects
ⓘ
language revitalization programs ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Brazilian Wapishana
ⓘ
Guyana Wapishana ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
gender distinctions in third person pronouns ⓘ possessive prefixes ⓘ verb affixation ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
dictionaries
ⓘ
grammars ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | wap ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arawakan languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| region |
Brazil
ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to:
British Guiana
|
| spokenBy | Wapishana people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Amazonas state
ⓘ
Roraima state ⓘ Rupununi region ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Northern Arawakan
ⓘ
linked to:
Arawakan languages
|
| usedAlongside |
English
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
linked to:
Portuguese language
|
| usedIn |
indigenous education
ⓘ
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: Wapishana language Description of subject: The Wapishana language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken primarily by the Wapishana people in parts of Brazil and Guyana.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wapishana language
linked to: Wapishana language