Ixcatlán Mazatec
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Ixcatlán Mazatec is a variant of the Mazatec language spoken by indigenous communities in and around Ixcatlán in the Oaxaca region of Mexico.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ixcatlán Mazatec canonical | 5 |
| San Pedro Ixcatlán Mazatec | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2976386 — 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: Ixcatlán Mazatec Context triple: [Mazatec, hasDialect, Ixcatlán Mazatec]
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A.
Ayautla Mazatec
Ayautla Mazatec is a regional variety of the Mazatec language spoken by the Mazatec people in and around Ayautla in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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B.
Huautla Mazatec
Huautla Mazatec is a variant of the Mazatec language spoken primarily in and around Huautla de Jiménez in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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C.
Soyaltepec Mazatec
Soyaltepec Mazatec is a variant of the Mazatecan indigenous language spoken in the region around San Miguel Soyaltepec in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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D.
Chiquihuitlán Mazatec
Chiquihuitlán Mazatec is a variant of the Mazatecan indigenous language spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its complex tonal system and endangered status.
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E.
Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec
Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec is a Mazatecan language variety spoken primarily in and around the town of Jalapa de Díaz in Oaxaca, Mexico.
- 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: Ixcatlán Mazatec Target entity description: Ixcatlán Mazatec is a variant of the Mazatec language spoken by indigenous communities in and around Ixcatlán in the Oaxaca region of Mexico.
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A.
Ayautla Mazatec
Ayautla Mazatec is a regional variety of the Mazatec language spoken by the Mazatec people in and around Ayautla in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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B.
Huautla Mazatec
Huautla Mazatec is a variant of the Mazatec language spoken primarily in and around Huautla de Jiménez in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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C.
Soyaltepec Mazatec
Soyaltepec Mazatec is a variant of the Mazatecan indigenous language spoken in the region around San Miguel Soyaltepec in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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D.
Chiquihuitlán Mazatec
Chiquihuitlán Mazatec is a variant of the Mazatecan indigenous language spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its complex tonal system and endangered status.
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E.
Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec
Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec is a Mazatecan language variety spoken primarily in and around the town of Jalapa de Díaz in Oaxaca, Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mazatec language variety
ⓘ
Oto-Manguean language variety ⓘ indigenous language variety of Mexico ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered language variety ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Ixcatlán variety of Mazatec ⓘ |
| hasEthnolinguisticGroup | Mazatec indigenous communities of Ixcatlán ⓘ |
| hasTypology |
analytic language
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
| languageBranch | Mazatecan ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Oto-Manguean
ⓘ
linked to:
Oto-Manguean languages
|
| partOf |
Mazatecan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Mazatec languages
Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ |
| region | Oaxaca ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Huautla Mazatec
ⓘ
Jalapa Mazatec ⓘ other Mazatec varieties ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Mazatec people
ⓘ
indigenous communities in and around Ixcatlán ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ixcatlán
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ Oaxaca ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Mazatec language
ⓘ
linked to:
Mazatec languages
|
| usedIn |
oral communication
ⓘ
traditional cultural practices ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ixcatlán Mazatec Description of subject: Ixcatlán Mazatec is a variant of the Mazatec language spoken by indigenous communities in and around Ixcatlán in the Oaxaca region of Mexico.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ixcatlán Mazatec