Kashaya Pomo language
E427273
Native American language
Pomoan language
agglutinative language
indigenous language
morphologically complex language
Kashaya Pomo is an indigenous Pomoan language of Northern California, traditionally spoken by the Kashaya Pomo people along the Sonoma Coast and known for its complex phonology and verb morphology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kashaya Pomo language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4272385 — 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: Kashaya Pomo language Context triple: [Pomo people, hasLanguage, Kashaya Pomo language]
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A.
Puyuma language
The Puyuma language is an endangered Austronesian language spoken by the Puyuma Indigenous people of southeastern Taiwan.
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B.
Patamona language
The Patamona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Patamona people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana and northern Brazil.
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C.
Opata language
The Opata language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico, particularly in the present-day state of Sonora.
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D.
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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E.
Mampruli language
Mampruli is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Mamprusi people in northern Ghana and parts of neighboring West African countries.
- 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: Kashaya Pomo language Target entity description: Kashaya Pomo is an indigenous Pomoan language of Northern California, traditionally spoken by the Kashaya Pomo people along the Sonoma Coast and known for its complex phonology and verb morphology.
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A.
Puyuma language
The Puyuma language is an endangered Austronesian language spoken by the Puyuma Indigenous people of southeastern Taiwan.
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B.
Patamona language
The Patamona language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Patamona people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana and northern Brazil.
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C.
Opata language
The Opata language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico, particularly in the present-day state of Sonora.
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D.
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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E.
Mampruli language
Mampruli is a Gur language spoken primarily by the Mamprusi people in northern Ghana and parts of neighboring West African countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
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Pomoan language ⓘ agglutinative language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ morphologically complex language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kashaya
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linked to:
Kashaya Pomo
Kashia ⓘ Southwestern Pomo ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| documentedBy |
Robert Oswalt
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linguists at University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| endonym |
Kashaya
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linked to:
Kashaya Pomo
|
| ethnicGroup |
Kashaya Pomo people
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linked to:
Kashaya people
|
| family | Pomoan languages ⓘ |
| glottocode | kash1270 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex consonant inventory
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complex phonotactics ⓘ complex verb morphology ⓘ contrastive glottalization ⓘ derivational verb morphology ⓘ elaborate aspect system ⓘ obligatory verbal morphology for direction and location (via affixes) ⓘ phonemic tone absence ⓘ postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ productive reduplication ⓘ rich system of locative suffixes ⓘ rich vowel system ⓘ stress accent system ⓘ suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasGrammar | A Grammar of Kashaya by Robert L. Oswalt ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | kju ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Hokan (proposed) ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | head-marking language ⓘ |
| region | Northern California ⓘ |
| revitalization |
community language classes
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curriculum development ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ |
| spokenBy | few fluent elders ⓘ |
| status |
endangered
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severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Pomoan ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Sonoma Coast
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linked to:
Sonoma Coast AVA
Sonoma County, California ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts
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songs ⓘ traditional narratives ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kashaya Pomo language Description of subject: Kashaya Pomo is an indigenous Pomoan language of Northern California, traditionally spoken by the Kashaya Pomo people along the Sonoma Coast and known for its complex phonology and verb morphology.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria
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primaryLanguageHistorically
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Kashaya Pomo language
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