Chalon language
E370146
Costanoan language
Native American language
Ohlone language
extinct language
indigenous language of California
The Chalon language is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken in central California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chalon language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3579008 — 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: Chalon language Context triple: [Ohlone languages, hasMember, Chalon language]
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A.
Tête-de-Boule language
Tête-de-Boule language, more commonly known as Atikamekw, is an Algonquian Indigenous language spoken by the Atikamekw people of Quebec, Canada.
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B.
Champenois language
The Champenois language is a regional Romance language of northeastern France, traditionally spoken in the Champagne area and closely related to other langues d’oïl.
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C.
Cham language
Cham language is an Austronesian language historically spoken by the Cham people of mainland Southeast Asia, particularly in present-day Vietnam and Cambodia.
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D.
Picard language
Picard language is a Romance language of northern France and parts of Belgium, closely related to French and Walloon and traditionally spoken in the Picardy and Nord–Pas-de-Calais regions.
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E.
Sabine language
The Sabine language was an extinct Italic tongue once spoken by the ancient Sabine people of central Italy, closely related to other Osco-Umbrian languages.
- 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: Chalon language Target entity description: The Chalon language is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken in central California.
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A.
Tête-de-Boule language
Tête-de-Boule language, more commonly known as Atikamekw, is an Algonquian Indigenous language spoken by the Atikamekw people of Quebec, Canada.
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B.
Champenois language
The Champenois language is a regional Romance language of northeastern France, traditionally spoken in the Champagne area and closely related to other langues d’oïl.
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C.
Cham language
Cham language is an Austronesian language historically spoken by the Cham people of mainland Southeast Asia, particularly in present-day Vietnam and Cambodia.
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D.
Picard language
Picard language is a Romance language of northern France and parts of Belgium, closely related to French and Walloon and traditionally spoken in the Picardy and Nord–Pas-de-Calais regions.
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E.
Sabine language
The Sabine language was an extinct Italic tongue once spoken by the ancient Sabine people of central Italy, closely related to other Osco-Umbrian languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Costanoan language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ Ohlone language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ indigenous language of California ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mission Soledad ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | generally accepted as Ohlone/Costanoan ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalContext | Ohlone cultural area ⓘ |
| documentation |
mission-era vocabularies
ⓘ
wordlists collected by missionaries ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| endonymStatus | original self-designation uncertain ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Chalon people
ⓘ
Ohlone people ⓘ
linked to:
Ohlone peoples
|
| extinction | 19th century (approximate) ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | interior Coast Ranges of central California ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Chalone language
ⓘ
linked to:
Esselen language
Soledad language ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Yok-Utian (proposed) ⓘ |
| isoStatus | no ISO 639-3 code assigned ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Utian ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Costanoan
ⓘ
Ohlone ⓘ Utian languages ⓘ |
| languageOf |
Chalon tribe
ⓘ
linked to:
Chalon people
|
| languageShiftTo |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ohlone linguistic continuum
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohlone languages
|
| region |
central California
ⓘ
linked to:
Central California
|
| relatedTo |
Awaswas language
ⓘ
Chochenyo language ⓘ Mutsun language ⓘ Rumsen language ⓘ Tamyen language ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | no known fluent speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Monterey County
ⓘ
linked to:
Monterey County, California
Salinas Valley ⓘ San Benito County ⓘ
linked to:
San Benito County, California
southern San Francisco Bay area ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chalon language Description of subject: The Chalon language is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken in central California.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.