Tepehua
E171757
Tepehua is an indigenous Mesoamerican language (or group of closely related languages) spoken by the Tepehua people primarily in the central-eastern region of Mexico.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tepehua canonical | 12 |
| Northern Tepehua | 1 |
| tepehua | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1444394 — 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: Tepehua Context triple: [Hidalgo, hasIndigenousLanguages, Tepehua]
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A.
Tepehuán
The Tepehuán are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture, and cultural practices rooted in the rugged highlands of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
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B.
Paso Puyehue
Paso Puyehue is a mountain pass and international border crossing in the Andes that connects southern Chile and Argentina.
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C.
Red Rocha
Red Rocha was an American professional basketball player and later coach who played as a center in the early years of the NBA, including for teams like the St. Louis Bombers and Syracuse Nationals.
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D.
Paso Pichachén
Paso Pichachén is a mountain pass and international border crossing through the Andes that connects Argentina and Chile.
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E.
Valle Grande
Valle Grande is a vast high-altitude volcanic caldera meadow in northern New Mexico, renowned for its scenic landscapes, wildlife, and geothermal features.
- 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: Tepehua Target entity description: Tepehua is an indigenous Mesoamerican language (or group of closely related languages) spoken by the Tepehua people primarily in the central-eastern region of Mexico.
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A.
Tepehuán
The Tepehuán are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture, and cultural practices rooted in the rugged highlands of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
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B.
Paso Puyehue
Paso Puyehue is a mountain pass and international border crossing in the Andes that connects southern Chile and Argentina.
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C.
Red Rocha
Red Rocha was an American professional basketball player and later coach who played as a center in the early years of the NBA, including for teams like the St. Louis Bombers and Syracuse Nationals.
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D.
Paso Pichachén
Paso Pichachén is a mountain pass and international border crossing through the Andes that connects Argentina and Chile.
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E.
Valle Grande
Valle Grande is a vast high-altitude volcanic caldera meadow in northern New Mexico, renowned for its scenic landscapes, wildlife, and geothermal features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican language
ⓘ
Tepehua language variety ⓘ Tepehua language variety ⓘ Tepehua language variety ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language group ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicity | Tepehua people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tepehua language
ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehua language family
Tepehua languages ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehua language family
|
| hasDialect |
Huehuetla Tepehua
ⓘ
Pisaflores Tepehua ⓘ Tlachichilco Tepehua ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | tee ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Totonacan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Totonac languages
|
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| macroArea | North America ⓘ |
| region |
state of Hidalgo
ⓘ
linked to:
Hidalgo (state)
state of Puebla ⓘ
linked to:
State of Puebla
state of Veracruz ⓘ
linked to:
Veracruz
|
| spokenBy | Tepehua people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Hidalgo
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ Veracruz ⓘ Veracruz ⓘ central-eastern Mexico ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Totonac–Tepehua
ⓘ
linked to:
Totonac
|
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ |
| wordOrder | verb–subject–object dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tepehua Description of subject: Tepehua is an indigenous Mesoamerican language (or group of closely related languages) spoken by the Tepehua people primarily in the central-eastern region of Mexico.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tepehua
linked to: Tepehua
subject linked to:
Huehuetla Tepehua (often classified with Totonac)
subject linked to:
Totozoquean languages (proposed)