Tagish
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Tagish is an endangered Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Tagish people of southern Yukon in northwestern Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tagish canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3337601 — 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: Tagish Context triple: [Yukon Native Language Centre, focusLanguage, Tagish]
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A.
Powell River
Powell River is a tributary waterway in the southeastern United States that flows through parts of Virginia and Tennessee before joining the Clinch River.
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B.
Chilliwack
Chilliwack is a city in British Columbia, Canada, known for its agricultural surroundings, outdoor recreation, and location in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver.
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C.
Clayoquot Sound
Clayoquot Sound is a scenic inlet and coastal region on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, renowned for its rich marine ecosystems, old-growth temperate rainforests, and environmental conservation efforts.
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D.
Colville River
The Colville River is a major river in northern Alaska that flows westward across the Arctic coastal plain to the Beaufort Sea.
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E.
Nechako River
The Nechako River is a significant river in central British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Interior Plateau and supporting regional ecosystems, communities, and hydroelectric developments.
- 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: Tagish Target entity description: Tagish is an endangered Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Tagish people of southern Yukon in northwestern Canada.
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A.
Powell River
Powell River is a tributary waterway in the southeastern United States that flows through parts of Virginia and Tennessee before joining the Clinch River.
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B.
Chilliwack
Chilliwack is a city in British Columbia, Canada, known for its agricultural surroundings, outdoor recreation, and location in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver.
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C.
Clayoquot Sound
Clayoquot Sound is a scenic inlet and coastal region on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, renowned for its rich marine ecosystems, old-growth temperate rainforests, and environmental conservation efforts.
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D.
Colville River
The Colville River is a major river in northern Alaska that flows westward across the Arctic coastal plain to the Beaufort Sea.
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E.
Nechako River
The Nechako River is a significant river in central British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Interior Plateau and supporting regional ecosystems, communities, and hydroelectric developments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Tagish people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tagish Athabaskan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tagish language
Tagish language ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDomain |
ceremonial practices
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional place names ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationType |
grammatical notes
ⓘ
texts ⓘ wordlists ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentLevel | severely endangered ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | tagi1240 ⓘ |
| hasLanguageShiftTo |
English
ⓘ
Tlingit ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea |
Yukon Interior
ⓘ
linked to:
Yukon Territory
|
| hasMorphologicalType |
polysynthetic
ⓘ
prefixing verb morphology ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Northern Tutchone
ⓘ
Southern Tutchone ⓘ Tlingit ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpeaker |
Angela Sidney
ⓘ
Annie Ned ⓘ Lucy Wren ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
rich consonant inventory
ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort | community language programs in Yukon ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Carcross
ⓘ
Tagish Lake area ⓘ |
| isCloseTo |
Northern Tutchone
ⓘ
Southern Tutchone ⓘ Tlingit language ⓘ
linked to:
Tlingit
|
| ISO639-3 | tgx ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Northern Athabaskan branch
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Athabaskan languages
|
| isRecognizedAs | First Nations language of Yukon ⓘ |
| isRecognizedBy |
Yukon government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Yukon
|
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Athabaskan
Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to:
Na-Dene
|
| region |
southern Yukon
ⓘ
linked to:
Southwestern Yukon
|
| spokenBy | Tagish people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Yukon
ⓘ
northwestern Canada ⓘ southern Yukon ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| 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: Tagish Description of subject: Tagish is an endangered Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Tagish people of southern Yukon in northwestern Canada.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.