pos (Sayula Popoluca)
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Sayula Popoluca (ISO 639-3: pos) is an indigenous Mixe–Zoquean language spoken by a small community in Veracruz, Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| pos (Sayula Popoluca) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2961586 — 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: pos (Sayula Popoluca) Context triple: [Popoluca, hasISO6393Code, pos (Sayula Popoluca)]
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A.
Tututepec
Tututepec was a prominent pre-Columbian Mixtec city-state and political center located on the Pacific coast of present-day Oaxaca, Mexico.
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B.
Cuilápam
Cuilápam is a town in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, historically notable as the site where independence leader Vicente Guerrero was executed.
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C.
Zacahuitzco
Zacahuitzco is a neighborhood located within the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City.
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D.
Ocotlán
Ocotlán is a city in the Mexican state of Jalisco, known for its furniture industry, religious traditions, and location near Lake Chapala.
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E.
Comalcalco
Comalcalco is a city in the Mexican state of Tabasco known for its nearby Maya archaeological site built with brick structures.
- 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: pos (Sayula Popoluca) Target entity description: Sayula Popoluca (ISO 639-3: pos) is an indigenous Mixe–Zoquean language spoken by a small community in Veracruz, Mexico.
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A.
Tututepec
Tututepec was a prominent pre-Columbian Mixtec city-state and political center located on the Pacific coast of present-day Oaxaca, Mexico.
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B.
Cuilápam
Cuilápam is a town in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, historically notable as the site where independence leader Vicente Guerrero was executed.
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C.
Zacahuitzco
Zacahuitzco is a neighborhood located within the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City.
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D.
Ocotlán
Ocotlán is a city in the Mexican state of Jalisco, known for its furniture industry, religious traditions, and location near Lake Chapala.
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E.
Comalcalco
Comalcalco is a city in the Mexican state of Tabasco known for its nearby Maya archaeological site built with brick structures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mixe–Zoquean language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Popoluca de Sayula
ⓘ
linked to:
Popoluca
Sayula Zoque ⓘ
linked to:
Sayula Popoluca
Sayultec ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
indigenous languages of Mexico
ⓘ
languages of Veracruz ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-established as Mixe–Zoquean ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Sayula Popoluca people ⓘ |
| hasAlignment | ergative–absolutive tendencies ⓘ |
| hasCommunitySize | small number of speakers ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | descriptive grammars and linguistic studies ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | sayu1242 ⓘ |
| hasLexicon | documented wordlists and dictionaries ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalization
ⓘ
tone or pitch-based distinctions (reported) ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | bilingualism with Spanish among speakers ⓘ |
| hasTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasUsageDomain | home and community domains more than formal education ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | verb–initial tendency ⓘ |
| isNot |
Mayan language
ⓘ
linked to:
Mayan languages
Spanish ⓘ |
| ISO 639-3 code | pos ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mesoamerican linguistic area ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Zoquean ⓘ |
| languageEndangermentCause | shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Mixe–Zoquean
ⓘ
linked to:
Mixe–Zoquean languages
|
| languageFamilyMacro |
Mixe–Zoque
ⓘ
linked to:
Mixe–Zoquean languages
|
| languageStatus | minority language in Mexico ⓘ |
| name | Sayula Popoluca ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Spanish
ⓘ
other Mixe–Zoquean languages ⓘ |
| region | Veracruz ⓘ |
| spokenBy | small community of speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Veracruz, Mexico
ⓘ
linked to:
Veracruz
|
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subjectTo | language revitalization efforts (limited) ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local community communication
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: pos (Sayula Popoluca) Description of subject: Sayula Popoluca (ISO 639-3: pos) is an indigenous Mixe–Zoquean language spoken by a small community in Veracruz, Mexico.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.