Chemehuevi language
E16653
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chemehuevi language canonical | 17 |
| Chemehuevi–English dictionary | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T138747 — 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: Chemehuevi language Context triple: [Chemehuevi people, language, Chemehuevi language]
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A.
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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B.
Yavapai language
The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.
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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.
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.
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E.
Kumeyaay language
The Kumeyaay language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay people in the border region of southern California and northern Baja California.
- 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: Chemehuevi language Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
Yavapai language
The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.
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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.
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.
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E.
Kumeyaay language
The Kumeyaay language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay people in the border region of southern California and northern Baja California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Uto-Aztecan language
ⓘ
critically endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Chemehuevi
ⓘ
Southern Paiute–Chemehuevi (in some classifications) ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Paiute people
|
| branch | Southern Numic ⓘ |
| classificationStatus |
often treated as a distinct language within Southern Numic
ⓘ
sometimes treated as a dialect of Southern Paiute ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Southern Paiute language
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Numic
Ute language ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalRole | important marker of Chemehuevi identity ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
linguist A. L. Kroeber
ⓘ
linked to:
Alfred L. Kroeber
linguist Carobeth Laird ⓘ linguist Margaret L. Press ⓘ |
| education | taught in some tribal language programs ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chemehuevi people ⓘ |
| family | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| hasDictionary |
Chemehuevi–English dictionary
ⓘ
linked to:
Chemehuevi language
|
| hasGrammarDescription | reference grammar of Chemehuevi ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ute ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uto-Aztecan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Uto-Aztecan
|
| languageShiftTo | English ⓘ |
| linguisticArea |
Great Basin linguistic area
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Basin
|
| media | used in some community recordings and language materials ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature | complex verbal morphology ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | very few fluent speakers ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Numic languages ⓘ |
| region |
Great Basin
ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ |
| revitalization | subject of language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| subfamily | Numic ⓘ |
| syntacticFeature | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Arizona
ⓘ
California ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Nevada ⓘ Utah ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation
ⓘ
Colorado River Indian Tribes members of Chemehuevi descent ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chemehuevi language Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Chemehuevi language
subject linked to:
ute
subject linked to:
linguist Margaret L. Press
subject linked to:
linguist Carobeth Laird
subject linked to:
linguist Carobeth Laird