Kurripako language
E166234
The Kurripako language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Kurripako people in parts of the Amazon region of Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kurripako language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1357312 — 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: Kurripako language Context triple: [Arawakan languages, hasLanguage, Kurripako language]
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A.
Kapingamarangi language
The Kapingamarangi language is a Polynesian outlier language spoken primarily on Kapingamarangi Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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B.
Bakumpai language
The Bakumpai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bakumpai people of central Kalimantan in Indonesia, closely related to other Dayak and Malayic languages of Borneo.
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C.
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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D.
Rarámuri language
The Rarámuri language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) people of northern Mexico.
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E.
Kaxabu language
The Kaxabu language is an indigenous Formosan language of Taiwan spoken by the Kaxabu people and considered highly endangered.
- 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: Kurripako language Target entity description: The Kurripako language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Kurripako people in parts of the Amazon region of Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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A.
Kapingamarangi language
The Kapingamarangi language is a Polynesian outlier language spoken primarily on Kapingamarangi Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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B.
Bakumpai language
The Bakumpai language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bakumpai people of central Kalimantan in Indonesia, closely related to other Dayak and Malayic languages of Borneo.
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C.
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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D.
Rarámuri language
The Rarámuri language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) people of northern Mexico.
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E.
Kaxabu language
The Kaxabu language is an indigenous Formosan language of Taiwan spoken by the Kaxabu people and considered highly endangered.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
South American language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | South America ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Baniwa of Içana language
ⓘ
linked to:
Baniwa language
Tariana language ⓘ |
| country |
Brazil
ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | described in grammars and dictionaries to a limited extent ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kurripako ⓘ |
| glottocode | kurr1242 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Baniwa-Curripaco
ⓘ
Curripaco ⓘ Kurripako ⓘ |
| hasDomain | indigenous education programs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
evidentiality distinctions
ⓘ
numeral classifiers ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
tonal or pitch-accent-like distinctions (analyzed in some descriptions) ⓘ |
| hasSpeakersIn |
indigenous communities in northwestern Brazil
ⓘ
indigenous communities in southern Venezuela ⓘ indigenous reserves in Colombia ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
Spanish language ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish
|
| ISO639-3 | kpc ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Upper Rio Negro linguistic area ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Arawakan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Arawakan languages
|
| languageStatus |
minority language
ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | predominantly SOV word order ⓘ |
| morphologyType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| region |
Amazon basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Amazon Basin
|
| spokenBy | Kurripako people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Amazonas Department (Colombia)
ⓘ
Orinoco River region ⓘ
linked to:
Orinoco Basin
Vaupés region ⓘ
linked to:
Vaupés Department
|
| subfamily |
Northern Arawakan
ⓘ
linked to:
Arawakan languages
|
| usedAs | marker of Kurripako ethnic identity ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Kurripako communities
ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kurripako language Description of subject: The Kurripako language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Kurripako people in parts of the Amazon region of Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.