Qʼeqchiʼ
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Qʼeqchiʼ is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼeqchiʼ people in Guatemala and neighboring regions of Central America.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4069684 — 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: Qʼeqchiʼ Context triple: [Petén Department, hasIndigenousLanguage, Qʼeqchiʼ]
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A.
Qechuyoq
Qechuyoq is the principal complex within the Inca agricultural-terracing site of Moray in Peru, known for its concentric circular depressions used for sophisticated crop experimentation.
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B.
Qʼanjobʼal
Qʼanjobʼal is an indigenous Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼanjobʼal people in the highlands of northwestern Guatemala.
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C.
Chʼol
Chʼol is a Mayan language spoken primarily in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco by the Chʼol people, known for its rich verbal morphology and importance to contemporary Maya culture.
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D.
Quechuan
Quechuan is a major indigenous language family of the Andes, best known for including Quechua, the language historically associated with the Inca Empire and still widely spoken across several South American countries.
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E.
Chukchucha
Chukchucha is a village-level settlement located on Car Nicobar Island in the Nicobar district of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- 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: Qʼeqchiʼ Target entity description: Qʼeqchiʼ is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼeqchiʼ people in Guatemala and neighboring regions of Central America.
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A.
Qechuyoq
Qechuyoq is the principal complex within the Inca agricultural-terracing site of Moray in Peru, known for its concentric circular depressions used for sophisticated crop experimentation.
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B.
Qʼanjobʼal
Qʼanjobʼal is an indigenous Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼanjobʼal people in the highlands of northwestern Guatemala.
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C.
Chʼol
Chʼol is a Mayan language spoken primarily in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco by the Chʼol people, known for its rich verbal morphology and importance to contemporary Maya culture.
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D.
Quechuan
Quechuan is a major indigenous language family of the Andes, best known for including Quechua, the language historically associated with the Inca Empire and still widely spoken across several South American countries.
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E.
Chukchucha
Chukchucha is a village-level settlement located on Car Nicobar Island in the Nicobar district of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Itzaʼ Maya
ⓘ
linked to:
Itza Maya
Mopan Maya ⓘ Yucatec Maya ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Qʼeqchiʼ people ⓘ |
| family |
Mayan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Mayan languages
|
| glottocode | qeqc1242 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Cahabón Qʼeqchiʼ
ⓘ
Cobán Qʼeqchiʼ ⓘ
linked to:
Cobán
Lanquin Qʼeqchiʼ ⓘ
linked to:
Lanquin
San Pedro Carchá Qʼeqchiʼ ⓘ
linked to:
San Pedro Carchá
|
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ head-marking grammar ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ verb–initial word order ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | complex verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalization of stops and affricates
ⓘ
five-vowel system with length distinction ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | person marking on verbs for both subject and object ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | kek ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Mayan
ⓘ
linked to:
Maya civilization
|
| languageStatus |
subject to pressure from Spanish
ⓘ
vigorous use in many communities ⓘ |
| macrolanguage |
Maya languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Mayan languages
|
| primaryRegion |
Alta Verapaz Department
ⓘ
Baja Verapaz Department ⓘ Izabal Department ⓘ Petén Department ⓘ |
| regulatingBody | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Belize
ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ Guatemala ⓘ Honduras ⓘ Mexico ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Eastern Mayan branch
ⓘ
Qʼanjobalan–Chujean branch ⓘ
linked to:
Qʼanjobʼalan branch
|
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
local radio broadcasting ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | bilingual education programs in Guatemala ⓘ |
| 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: Qʼeqchiʼ Description of subject: Qʼeqchiʼ is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼeqchiʼ people in Guatemala and neighboring regions of Central America.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Qʼeqchiʼ