Chocó family
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The Chocó family is a small group of indigenous languages spoken primarily in western Colombia and nearby regions of Panama.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chocó family canonical | 1 |
| Chocóan family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3387305 — 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: Chocó family Context triple: [Chocoan languages, hasAlternativeName, Chocó family]
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A.
Salasaca people
The Salasaca people are an indigenous Kichwa-speaking community of the Ecuadorian Andes known for their rich textile traditions and strong preservation of ancestral customs.
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B.
Chibchan peoples
The Chibchan peoples are an indigenous group of the Americas whose related languages and cultures historically spanned parts of Central America and northern South America, including present-day Colombia and Panama.
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C.
Pasto people
The Pasto people are an Indigenous group of the Andean region of southern Colombia and northern Ecuador, known for their rich agricultural traditions, distinctive crafts, and enduring cultural heritage.
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D.
Aguaruna people
The Aguaruna people are an Indigenous group of the northern Peruvian Amazon known for their Jivaroan language, forest-based livelihoods, and strong traditions of autonomy and resistance to outside domination.
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E.
Cañari
The Cañari are an indigenous people of the Andean region of present-day Ecuador, known for their pre-Inca civilization, distinctive culture, and resistance to Inca conquest.
- 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: Chocó family Target entity description: The Chocó family is a small group of indigenous languages spoken primarily in western Colombia and nearby regions of Panama.
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A.
Salasaca people
The Salasaca people are an indigenous Kichwa-speaking community of the Ecuadorian Andes known for their rich textile traditions and strong preservation of ancestral customs.
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B.
Chibchan peoples
The Chibchan peoples are an indigenous group of the Americas whose related languages and cultures historically spanned parts of Central America and northern South America, including present-day Colombia and Panama.
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C.
Pasto people
The Pasto people are an Indigenous group of the Andean region of southern Colombia and northern Ecuador, known for their rich agricultural traditions, distinctive crafts, and enduring cultural heritage.
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D.
Aguaruna people
The Aguaruna people are an Indigenous group of the northern Peruvian Amazon known for their Jivaroan language, forest-based livelihoods, and strong traditions of autonomy and resistance to outside domination.
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E.
Cañari
The Cañari are an indigenous people of the Andean region of present-day Ecuador, known for their pre-Inca civilization, distinctive culture, and resistance to Inca conquest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chocoan languages
ⓘ
Chocó languages ⓘ
linked to:
Chocoan languages
|
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | several member languages vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Emberá people
ⓘ
linked to:
Emberá
Wounaan people ⓘ |
| geneticRelation | unclassified within South American languages ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | northwestern South America ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Chocóan family
ⓘ
linked to:
Chocó family
|
| hasGlottocode | choc1280 ⓘ |
| hasLinguasphereCode | 83-E ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Emberá language
ⓘ
linked to:
Emberá–Wounaan language
Epena Emberá ⓘ Noanamá ⓘ Northern Emberá ⓘ
linked to:
Emberá
Southern Emberá ⓘ
linked to:
Emberá
Woun Meu ⓘ Wounaan language ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | comparative studies of South American languages ⓘ |
| languageBranchStatus | small family ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature | extensive verbal morphology ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature | rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Darién region
ⓘ
linked to:
Darién Province
western Colombia ⓘ |
| regionType |
Chocó–Darién rainforest region
ⓘ
linked to:
Chocó biogeographic region
|
| spokenIn |
Colombia
ⓘ
Panama ⓘ |
| subclassOf | American indigenous language family ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chocó family Description of subject: The Chocó family is a small group of indigenous languages spoken primarily in western Colombia and nearby regions of Panama.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Chocó family