Western Mono
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Western Mono is a dialect of the Mono language spoken by the Mono people of central California, distinguished by its own phonological and lexical features within the broader Mono linguistic continuum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western Mono canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4599427 — 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: Western Mono Context triple: [Mono language, hasDialect, Western Mono]
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A.
Central Sama
Central Sama is an Austronesian language spoken by the Sama people of the southern Philippines and nearby regions, known for its role within the Sama–Bajaw language group.
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B.
South West State
South West State is a federal member state of Somalia located in the southwestern part of the country, with its capital at Baidoa.
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C.
Deseret
Deseret is a small unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah, historically associated with early Latter-day Saint settlement in the region.
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D.
Indian Valley
Indian Valley is a rural community area in northeastern California known for its scenic mountain landscapes, ranching, and small historic towns.
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E.
Oro-Medonte
Oro-Medonte is a rural township in Simcoe County, Ontario, known for its rolling countryside, ski resorts, and recreational opportunities around Lake Simcoe.
- 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: Western Mono Target entity description: Western Mono is a dialect of the Mono language spoken by the Mono people of central California, distinguished by its own phonological and lexical features within the broader Mono linguistic continuum.
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A.
Central Sama
Central Sama is an Austronesian language spoken by the Sama people of the southern Philippines and nearby regions, known for its role within the Sama–Bajaw language group.
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B.
South West State
South West State is a federal member state of Somalia located in the southwestern part of the country, with its capital at Baidoa.
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C.
Deseret
Deseret is a small unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah, historically associated with early Latter-day Saint settlement in the region.
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D.
Indian Valley
Indian Valley is a rural community area in northeastern California known for its scenic mountain landscapes, ranching, and small historic towns.
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E.
Oro-Medonte
Oro-Medonte is a rural township in Simcoe County, Ontario, known for its rolling countryside, ski resorts, and recreational opportunities around Lake Simcoe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of the Mono language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Native American languages of the United States
ⓘ
indigenous languages of California ⓘ |
| branch | Western Numic ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalAssociation |
Mono traditional culture
ⓘ
indigenous peoples of California ⓘ
linked to:
Indigenous peoples of California
|
| ethnicity | Mono people ⓘ |
| glottologClassification | Uto-Aztecan > Numic > Western Mono ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Western Mono dialect
ⓘ
Western dialect of Mono ⓘ
linked to:
Western Mono dialect
|
| hasDomain | linguistics ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
dialectal variation within Mono
ⓘ
distinct lexicon ⓘ distinct phonology ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith | Eastern Mono ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant clusters typical of Numic languages
ⓘ
contrastive vowel length ⓘ |
| hasSubdomain |
lexicon
ⓘ
morphology ⓘ phonology ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
| isDialectOf | Mono language ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
language documentation projects
ⓘ
linguistic description ⓘ revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Numic ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | partially mutually intelligible with Eastern Mono ⓘ |
| partOf | Mono language continuum ⓘ |
| region | Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Mono people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
central California
ⓘ
linked to:
Central California
|
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Mono language
ⓘ
Numic language variety ⓘ Uto-Aztecan language variety ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
everyday communication among some elders ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ traditional narratives ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Western Mono Description of subject: Western Mono is a dialect of the Mono language spoken by the Mono people of central California, distinguished by its own phonological and lexical features within the broader Mono linguistic continuum.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.