Awaswas
E362271
Costanoan language
Native American language
Ohlone language
extinct language
indigenous language of California
Awaswas is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken along the central coast of California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Awaswas canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3494740 — 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: Awaswas Context triple: [Costanoan languages, hasLanguage, Awaswas]
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A.
Hoocąk
Hoocąk is the endonym for the Ho-Chunk people, a Native American nation originally from the Wisconsin and Illinois regions of the United States.
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B.
Kaska
Kaska is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Kaska Dena people of northern Canada, primarily in the Yukon and northern British Columbia.
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C.
Awajún
Awajún are an Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon known for their distinct language, rich oral traditions, and long history of resistance to outside domination.
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D.
Walpi
Walpi is an ancient Hopi mesa-top village in northeastern Arizona, renowned for its continuous habitation and preservation of traditional Hopi culture and architecture.
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E.
Yawuru
Yawuru is an Aboriginal Australian people and their language traditionally associated with the Broome region of Western Australia.
- 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: Awaswas Target entity description: Awaswas is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken along the central coast of California.
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A.
Hoocąk
Hoocąk is the endonym for the Ho-Chunk people, a Native American nation originally from the Wisconsin and Illinois regions of the United States.
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B.
Kaska
Kaska is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Kaska Dena people of northern Canada, primarily in the Yukon and northern British Columbia.
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C.
Awajún
Awajún are an Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon known for their distinct language, rich oral traditions, and long history of resistance to outside domination.
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D.
Walpi
Walpi is an ancient Hopi mesa-top village in northeastern Arizona, renowned for its continuous habitation and preservation of traditional Hopi culture and architecture.
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E.
Yawuru
Yawuru is an Aboriginal Australian people and their language traditionally associated with the Broome region of Western Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Costanoan language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ Ohlone language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ indigenous language of California ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Spanish colonization of California
ⓘ
missionization in Alta California ⓘ |
| alternateName | Awaswas Ohlone ⓘ |
| associatedWith | pre-contact indigenous cultures of the central California coast ⓘ |
| causeOfExtinction |
displacement and assimilation of Awaswas people
ⓘ
language shift to Spanish and English ⓘ |
| classification | Native American language of the Pacific Coast ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalRegion | California cultural area ⓘ |
| documentedIn | linguistic field notes and wordlists ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Awaswas people
ⓘ
Ohlone people ⓘ
linked to:
Ohlone peoples
|
| hasSpeakers | 0 native speakers (modern era) ⓘ |
| historicalCommunity | Awaswas villages along the central California coast ⓘ |
| ISO639Status | no ISO 639-3 code assigned ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Costanoan
ⓘ
Ohlone ⓘ |
| languageStatus | no native speakers remaining ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | California linguistic area ⓘ |
| partOf |
Costanoan branch of the Utian languages
ⓘ
Ohlone language continuum ⓘ
linked to:
Ohlone languages
|
| preColonialUse | primary language of Awaswas communities before European contact ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| region |
central coast of California
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Coast of California
|
| relatedTo |
Chochenyo language
ⓘ
linked to:
Chochenyo
Mutsun language ⓘ Rumsen language ⓘ other Ohlone (Costanoan) languages ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts | subject of limited reconstruction and cultural interest ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Monterey Bay area ⓘ
linked to:
Monterey Bay Area
Santa Cruz Mountains region ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Cruz Mountains
|
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| timePeriod | spoken prior to and during early Spanish colonization of California ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication among Awaswas people (historically)
ⓘ
traditional ceremonial contexts (historically) ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (in linguistic documentation) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Awaswas Description of subject: Awaswas is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken along the central coast of California.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.