Awaswas language
E371035
Costanoan language
Native American language
Ohlone language
Utian language
extinct language
language
The Awaswas language is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken along the central coast of California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Awaswas language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3579004 — 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 language Context triple: [Ohlone languages, hasMember, Awaswas language]
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A.
Kaska language
The Kaska language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Kaska Dena people of the Yukon and northern British Columbia in Canada.
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B.
Awajún language
Awajún language is an indigenous Jivaroan language spoken primarily by the Awajún (Aguaruna) people of northern Peru.
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C.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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D.
Esselen language
The Esselen language is an extinct and poorly documented Native American language once spoken by the Esselen people of coastal central California.
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E.
Enawené-Nawé language
The Enawené-Nawé language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Enawené-Nawé people of the Brazilian Amazon, known for its highly endangered status and rich oral tradition.
- 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 language Target entity description: The Awaswas language is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken along the central coast of California.
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A.
Kaska language
The Kaska language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Kaska Dena people of the Yukon and northern British Columbia in Canada.
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B.
Awajún language
Awajún language is an indigenous Jivaroan language spoken primarily by the Awajún (Aguaruna) people of northern Peru.
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C.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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D.
Esselen language
The Esselen language is an extinct and poorly documented Native American language once spoken by the Esselen people of coastal central California.
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E.
Enawené-Nawé language
The Enawené-Nawé language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Enawené-Nawé people of the Brazilian Amazon, known for its highly endangered status and rich oral tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Costanoan language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ Ohlone language ⓘ Utian language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
ⓘ
Mission Santa Cruz ⓘ Spanish missions in California ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Ohlone cultural and linguistic heritage ⓘ |
| causeOfExtinction |
colonial disruption and assimilation
ⓘ
language shift to Spanish ⓘ later language shift to English ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalRegion | California cultural area ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| endonymStatus | reconstructed from ethnonyms and mission records ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Awaswas people ⓘ |
| extinction | 19th century (approximate) ⓘ |
| glottologCode | none (not assigned a separate Glottolog code) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Awaswas
ⓘ
Santa Cruz Costanoan ⓘ
linked to:
San Carlos Costanoan
Santa Cruz Ohlone ⓘ
linked to:
Awaswas Ohlone
|
| hasDescendant | none (no known living descendant language) ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticRelation |
Chochenyo language
ⓘ
linked to:
Chochenyo
Karkin language ⓘ Mutsun language ⓘ Ramaytush language ⓘ
linked to:
Ramaytush
Rumsen language ⓘ Tamyen language ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
historical linguistics
ⓘ
language revitalization studies (symbolic, via related Ohlone languages) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | none (no ISO 639-3 code assigned) ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
California indigenous languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Indigenous languages of California
|
| languageFamily |
Ohlone (Costanoan) languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohlone languages
Utian languages ⓘ |
| languageTypology | agglutinative language (reconstructed, by family analogy) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ohlone linguistic continuum
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohlone languages
|
| region |
Central Coast of California
ⓘ
Monterey Bay area ⓘ
linked to:
Monterey Bay Area
Santa Cruz County, California ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Central California coast ⓘ
linked to:
Central Coast of California
|
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Ohlone (Costanoan) languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohlone languages
|
| usedBy | Awaswas people ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none (traditionally oral language) ⓘ |
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: Awaswas language Description of subject: The Awaswas language is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken along the central coast of California.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.