Amuesha language
E174998
The Amuesha language, also known as Yanesha', is an Arawakan language spoken by the Yanesha' people of the central Peruvian Amazon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amuesha language canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1357299 — 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: Amuesha language Context triple: [Arawakan languages, hasLanguage, Amuesha language]
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A.
Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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B.
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.
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C.
Pamona language
The Pamona language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Pamona people of central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Avikam language
The Avikam language is a Kwa language spoken by the Avikam people of southern Côte d'Ivoire.
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E.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
- 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: Amuesha language Target entity description: The Amuesha language, also known as Yanesha', is an Arawakan language spoken by the Yanesha' people of the central Peruvian Amazon.
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A.
Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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B.
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.
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C.
Pamona language
The Pamona language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Pamona people of central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Avikam language
The Avikam language is a Kwa language spoken by the Avikam people of southern Côte d'Ivoire.
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E.
Logba language
The Logba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Logba people of southeastern Ghana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Amuesha
ⓘ
Yanesha' language ⓘ
linked to:
Yaneshaʼ language
Yanesha’ ⓘ
linked to:
Yaneshaʼ
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Asháninka language
ⓘ
other Southern Arawakan languages ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Yanesha' people
ⓘ
linked to:
Yaneshaʼ people
|
| hasAlternativeSpelling |
Yaneša'
ⓘ
Yaneša’ ⓘ
linked to:
Yanešaʼ
|
| hasCommunityEfforts |
bilingual education initiatives
ⓘ
language revitalization programs ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
dictionaries ⓘ phonological studies ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom | Spanish language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
possessive marking on nouns
ⓘ
verbal affixation ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex vowel system
ⓘ
contrastive nasalization ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature | bilingualism with Spanish among speakers ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerAttitudes | growing interest in preservation among younger Yanesha' ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ame ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arawakan languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Amazonian languages area ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Peruvian intercultural bilingual education system
ⓘ
linked to:
Peruvian Ministry of Education
|
| region |
Junín Region
ⓘ
Pasco Region ⓘ central Peruvian Amazon ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Yanesha' people
ⓘ
linked to:
Yaneshaʼ people
|
| subfamily |
Southern Arawakan
ⓘ
linked to:
Upper Orinoco Arawakan
|
| usedBy | Yanesha' communities in the Peruvian Amazon ⓘ |
| usedIn |
daily communication in some Yanesha' communities
ⓘ
oral literature of the Yanesha' people ⓘ traditional rituals of the Yanesha' people ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | primary-level bilingual education in some communities ⓘ |
| 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: Amuesha language Description of subject: The Amuesha language, also known as Yanesha', is an Arawakan language spoken by the Yanesha' people of the central Peruvian Amazon.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.