Koyukon Athabaskan
E385930
Athabaskan language
Native American language
Northern Athabaskan language
indigenous language of North America
Koyukon Athabaskan is an Athabaskan (Dene) language spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koyukon Athabaskan canonical | 4 |
| Koyukon Athabascan | 1 |
| Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3550085 — 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: Koyukon Athabaskan Context triple: [Koyukon, hasAlternateName, Koyukon Athabaskan]
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A.
Ahtna Athabaskan
Ahtna Athabaskan are an Indigenous Athabaskan-speaking people of south-central Alaska whose traditional homeland centers on the Copper River basin.
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B.
Northern Tutchone
Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people in the central Yukon region of Canada.
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C.
Southern Tutchone
Southern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Tutchone people in the Yukon Territory of northwestern Canada.
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D.
Gwich’in
Gwich’in is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Gwich’in people of northern Alaska and northwestern Canada.
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E.
Athabaskan
Athabaskan is a large family of indigenous languages of North America, spoken primarily in Alaska, northwestern Canada, and the American Southwest.
- 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: Koyukon Athabaskan Target entity description: Koyukon Athabaskan is an Athabaskan (Dene) language spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska.
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A.
Ahtna Athabaskan
Ahtna Athabaskan are an Indigenous Athabaskan-speaking people of south-central Alaska whose traditional homeland centers on the Copper River basin.
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B.
Northern Tutchone
Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people in the central Yukon region of Canada.
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C.
Southern Tutchone
Southern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Tutchone people in the Yukon Territory of northwestern Canada.
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D.
Gwich’in
Gwich’in is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Gwich’in people of northern Alaska and northwestern Canada.
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E.
Athabaskan
Athabaskan is a large family of indigenous languages of North America, spoken primarily in Alaska, northwestern Canada, and the American Southwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Denaakk’e
ⓘ
Koyukon ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dena’ina language
ⓘ
Gwich’in language ⓘ Lower Tanana language ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| ethnicGroup | Koyukon ⓘ |
| glottocode | koyu1237 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Yukon-Koyukuk region cultures
ⓘ
subarctic hunter-gatherer traditions ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Central Koyukon
ⓘ
linked to:
Koyukon
Lower Koyukon ⓘ
linked to:
Koyukon
Upper Koyukon ⓘ
linked to:
Koyukon
|
| hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort |
community-based language classes
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticDescriptionBy |
Eliza Jones
ⓘ
Jetté and Jones ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| hasOrthographyDevelopedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
rich consonant inventory
ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ |
| isDocumentedIn |
dictionaries
ⓘ
grammars ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | koy ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | some schools in Alaska ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Athabaskan language family
Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to:
Na-Dene
|
| languageStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| region |
Koyukuk River region in Alaska
ⓘ
Yukon River basin in Alaska ⓘ
linked to:
Yukon River
|
| spokenBy | Koyukon people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
interior Alaska ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Koyukon Athabaskan Description of subject: Koyukon Athabaskan is an Athabaskan (Dene) language spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
North America’s highest peak
subject linked to:
Galena
linked to: Koyukon Athabaskan
linked to: Koyukon Athabaskan