Upper Necaxa Totonac
E398552
Upper Necaxa Totonac is an indigenous Totonacan language spoken in the Upper Necaxa River region of Puebla, Mexico.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper Necaxa Totonac canonical | 3 |
| Upper Necaxa Totonaco | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3733547 — 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: Upper Necaxa Totonac Context triple: [Totonac, hasLanguage, Upper Necaxa Totonac]
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A.
Xicotepec Totonac
Xicotepec Totonac is a regional variety of the Totonac language spoken by Totonac communities in and around Xicotepec, Mexico.
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B.
Zapotitlán Totonac
Zapotitlán Totonac is a regional variety of the Totonac language spoken by indigenous Totonac communities in and around Zapotitlán, Mexico.
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C.
Coyutla Totonac
Coyutla Totonac is a regional variety of the Totonac language spoken by indigenous communities in and around Coyutla in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
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D.
Tecpatlán Totonac
Tecpatlán Totonac is a regional variety of the Totonac language traditionally spoken by Totonac communities in and around Tecpatlán in eastern Mexico.
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E.
Papantla Totonac
Papantla Totonac is an indigenous Totonacan language spoken primarily in and around Papantla in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.
- 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: Upper Necaxa Totonac Target entity description: Upper Necaxa Totonac is an indigenous Totonacan language spoken in the Upper Necaxa River region of Puebla, Mexico.
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A.
Xicotepec Totonac
Xicotepec Totonac is a regional variety of the Totonac language spoken by Totonac communities in and around Xicotepec, Mexico.
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B.
Zapotitlán Totonac
Zapotitlán Totonac is a regional variety of the Totonac language spoken by indigenous Totonac communities in and around Zapotitlán, Mexico.
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C.
Coyutla Totonac
Coyutla Totonac is a regional variety of the Totonac language spoken by indigenous communities in and around Coyutla in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
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D.
Tecpatlán Totonac
Tecpatlán Totonac is a regional variety of the Totonac language traditionally spoken by Totonac communities in and around Tecpatlán in eastern Mexico.
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E.
Papantla Totonac
Papantla Totonac is an indigenous Totonacan language spoken primarily in and around Papantla in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Totonacan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Totonac languages of Sierra Norte de Puebla
ⓘ
linked to:
Totonac languages
|
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| endangermentFactors | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Totonac people
ⓘ
linked to:
Totonac
|
| hasAlignment | nominative–accusative (clause-level) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Totonaco del Alto Necaxa
ⓘ
Upper Necaxa Totonaco ⓘ
linked to:
Upper Necaxa Totonac
|
| hasDialects |
Ahuacatlán dialect
ⓘ
Cacahuatlán dialect ⓘ Patla dialect ⓘ San Pedro Tlaolantongo dialect ⓘ Xicotepec dialect ⓘ |
| hasEndonym |
Totonaco
ⓘ
linked to:
Totonac
|
| hasLinguisticDocumentation |
dictionary
ⓘ
grammatical description ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages | other Totonac varieties of Puebla ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant inventory
ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | intergenerational transmission weakening ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
head-marking morphology
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
applicative constructions
ⓘ
complex derivational morphology ⓘ verb incorporation ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ verb-initial ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | tku ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Mesoamerican languages area
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesoamerican linguistic area
|
| isSpokenBy | bilingual speakers of Spanish and Totonac ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Totonacan
ⓘ
linked to:
Totonac
|
| languageFamilyHigher |
Totozoquean (proposed)
ⓘ
linked to:
Totozoquean languages (proposed)
|
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| region | Upper Necaxa River region ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mexico
ⓘ
Puebla ⓘ
linked to:
Puebla (state)
|
| state |
Puebla
ⓘ
linked to:
Puebla (state)
|
| subfamily | Totonac branch ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous communities in Upper Necaxa River basin ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
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: Upper Necaxa Totonac Description of subject: Upper Necaxa Totonac is an indigenous Totonacan language spoken in the Upper Necaxa River region of Puebla, Mexico.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Upper Necaxa Totonac