Kathlamet language
E440117
The Kathlamet language is an extinct Chinookan language once spoken by the Kathlamet people along the lower Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kathlamet dialect | 2 |
| Clackamas language | 1 |
| Kathlamet language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4433950 — 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: Kathlamet language Context triple: [Chinookan languages, hasPart, Kathlamet language]
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A.
Nooksack language
The Nooksack language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Nooksack people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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B.
Duwamish language
The Duwamish language is a nearly extinct Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Duwamish people of the Seattle area in Washington State.
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C.
Lummi language
The Lummi language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Lummi people of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America.
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D.
Nootka language
The Nootka language, also known as Nuu-chah-nulth, is a Southern Wakashan Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, spoken traditionally by the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples of Vancouver Island.
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E.
Siuslaw language
The Siuslaw language is an extinct Native American language once spoken along the central Oregon coast, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
- 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: Kathlamet language Target entity description: The Kathlamet language is an extinct Chinookan language once spoken by the Kathlamet people along the lower Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
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A.
Nooksack language
The Nooksack language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Nooksack people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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B.
Duwamish language
The Duwamish language is a nearly extinct Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Duwamish people of the Seattle area in Washington State.
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C.
Lummi language
The Lummi language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Lummi people of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America.
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D.
Nootka language
The Nootka language, also known as Nuu-chah-nulth, is a Southern Wakashan Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, spoken traditionally by the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples of Vancouver Island.
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E.
Siuslaw language
The Siuslaw language is an extinct Native American language once spoken along the central Oregon coast, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinookan language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culture |
Chinookan cultures
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinookan peoples
|
| documentedBy | Franz Boas ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Kathlamet Texts ⓘ |
| endonymLanguageFamily |
Chinookan
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinookan languages
|
| ethnicGroup | Kathlamet people ⓘ |
| extinction | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cathlamet language
ⓘ
Kathlamat language ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | kath1253 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | none ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
noun incorporation ⓘ prefixing morphology ⓘ rich pronominal system ⓘ suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalization
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasSource |
Boas 1901 Kathlamet Texts
ⓘ
Smithsonian Institution linguistic collections ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Chinook Jargon ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Chinookan languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Clatsop-Nehalem language
ⓘ
Cowlitz language ⓘ Lower Chinook language ⓘ Upper Chinook language ⓘ
linked to:
Chinook language
|
| partOf | Plateau linguistic area ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
archival manuscripts
ⓘ
audio recordings (limited) ⓘ |
| region |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
lower Columbia River ⓘ
linked to:
Lower Columbia River region
|
| spokenBy | Kathlamet people ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Lower Chinookan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinookan languages
|
| usedFor |
everyday communication (historically)
ⓘ
mythological narratives ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kathlamet language Description of subject: The Kathlamet language is an extinct Chinookan language once spoken by the Kathlamet people along the lower Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kathlamet language
linked to: Kathlamet language
linked to: Kathlamet language