Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan
E420432
Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan is the reconstructed ancestral language from which all Southern Uto-Aztecan languages are derived.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3974502 — 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: Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan Context triple: [Southern Uto-Aztecan, hasProtoLanguage, Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan]
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A.
Proto-Uto-Aztecan
Proto-Uto-Aztecan is the reconstructed common ancestor language from which all modern Uto-Aztecan languages are derived.
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B.
Southern Uto-Aztecan
Southern Uto-Aztecan is a major branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and the languages of many indigenous groups in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest.
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C.
Northern Uto-Aztecan
Northern Uto-Aztecan is a major branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes several indigenous languages spoken primarily in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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D.
Uto-Aztecan
Uto-Aztecan is a large Native American language family of the Western United States and Mexico that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and Ute.
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E.
Puebloan languages
Puebloan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Pueblo peoples of the Southwestern United States, including languages such as Keresan, Tanoan, and Zuni.
- 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: Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan Target entity description: Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan is the reconstructed ancestral language from which all Southern Uto-Aztecan languages are derived.
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A.
Proto-Uto-Aztecan
Proto-Uto-Aztecan is the reconstructed common ancestor language from which all modern Uto-Aztecan languages are derived.
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B.
Southern Uto-Aztecan
Southern Uto-Aztecan is a major branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and the languages of many indigenous groups in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest.
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C.
Northern Uto-Aztecan
Northern Uto-Aztecan is a major branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes several indigenous languages spoken primarily in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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D.
Uto-Aztecan
Uto-Aztecan is a large Native American language family of the Western United States and Mexico that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and Ute.
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E.
Puebloan languages
Puebloan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Pueblo peoples of the Southwestern United States, including languages such as Keresan, Tanoan, and Zuni.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
proto-language
ⓘ
reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Cahitan languages
ⓘ
Classical Nahuatl ⓘ Cora language ⓘ Corachol languages ⓘ
linked to:
Corachol language
Huichol language ⓘ Modern Nahuatl varieties ⓘ Nahuan languages ⓘ Opatan languages ⓘ Piman languages ⓘ Southern Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Uto-Aztecan
Taracahitic languages ⓘ Tepehuan languages ⓘ Tepiman languages ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Proto-Northern Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Uto-Aztecan
|
| fieldOfStudy |
Uto-Aztecan linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | PSUA ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Proto-Corachol
ⓘ
Proto-Nahuan ⓘ Proto-Taracahitic ⓘ
linked to:
Taracahitic
Proto-Tepiman ⓘ
linked to:
Tepiman
|
| hasDescendantRegion |
Mesoamerica
ⓘ
northern Mexico ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ |
| hasFamilyBranch | Southern Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| hasLexicon | reconstructed basic vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticClassification |
Southern branch of Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Uto-Aztecan
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
reconstructed consonant inventory
ⓘ
reconstructed vowel system ⓘ |
| hasReconstructionType |
comparative reconstruction
ⓘ
internal reconstruction ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
extinct
ⓘ
unattested ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | none ⓘ |
| partOf |
Uto-Aztecan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Uto-Aztecan
|
| reconstructedBy | historical linguistics ⓘ |
| reconstructedUsing | comparative method ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Proto-Uto-Aztecan morphology
ⓘ
Proto-Uto-Aztecan phonology ⓘ |
| spokenIn | prehistoric North America ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Uto-Aztecan comparative studies ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Proto-Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
late Holocene
ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan Description of subject: Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan is the reconstructed ancestral language from which all Southern Uto-Aztecan languages are derived.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.