Tequistlatecan languages
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Tequistlatecan languages are a small group of indigenous languages of southern Mexico, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tequistlatecan languages canonical | 2 |
| Tequistlatec (Tequistlateco) languages of Oaxaca | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4587649 — 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: Tequistlatecan languages Context triple: [Mexican Penutian languages, hasMember, Tequistlatecan languages]
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A.
Tlapanecan languages
Tlapanecan languages are a small subgroup of indigenous Mesoamerican languages spoken primarily in Guerrero, Mexico, and classified within the larger Oto-Manguean language family.
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B.
Mazatec languages
The Mazatec languages are a group of closely related indigenous Otomanguean languages spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the northern region of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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C.
Chinantecan languages
The Chinantecan languages are a group of closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages spoken primarily in northern Oaxaca, Mexico, known for their complex tonal systems and rich linguistic diversity.
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D.
Totonac languages
Totonac languages are an indigenous language family of eastern Mexico spoken primarily by the Totonac people in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo.
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E.
Tarahumaran languages
The Tarahumaran languages are a small group of closely related Uto-Aztecan languages spoken primarily by the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) people in northern Mexico.
- 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: Tequistlatecan languages Target entity description: Tequistlatecan languages are a small group of indigenous languages of southern Mexico, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
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A.
Tlapanecan languages
Tlapanecan languages are a small subgroup of indigenous Mesoamerican languages spoken primarily in Guerrero, Mexico, and classified within the larger Oto-Manguean language family.
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B.
Mazatec languages
The Mazatec languages are a group of closely related indigenous Otomanguean languages spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the northern region of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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C.
Chinantecan languages
The Chinantecan languages are a group of closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages spoken primarily in northern Oaxaca, Mexico, known for their complex tonal systems and rich linguistic diversity.
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D.
Totonac languages
Totonac languages are an indigenous language family of eastern Mexico spoken primarily by the Totonac people in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo.
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E.
Tarahumaran languages
The Tarahumaran languages are a small group of closely related Uto-Aztecan languages spoken primarily by the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) people in northern Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous languages of the Americas
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Chontal de Oaxaca languages
ⓘ
Tequistlateco ⓘ |
| arealGroup | Mesoamerican languages ⓘ |
| areSubjectOf |
Mesoamerican areal linguistics research
ⓘ
comparative Penutian studies ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | genetic affiliation uncertain ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | under-documented ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chontal people of Oaxaca ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
contrastive tone (in some varieties) ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ noun incorporation ⓘ rich aspectual system ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Highland Chontal
ⓘ
linked to:
Chontal of Oaxaca
Lowland Chontal ⓘ
linked to:
Chontal of Oaxaca
Tequistlatec ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
large consonant inventory
ⓘ
laryngeal contrasts ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
complex predicate structure
ⓘ
verb serialization (in some analyses) ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | one member (Tequistlatec) extinct ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo | Spanish ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Mesoamerican linguistic area ⓘ |
| morphology |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| proposedFamily | Penutian languages ⓘ |
| region | Isthmus of Tehuantepec ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mexico
ⓘ
Oaxaca ⓘ southern Mexico ⓘ |
| typology |
head-marking
ⓘ
verb–initial word order ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous communities in Oaxaca ⓘ |
| 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
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: Tequistlatecan languages Description of subject: Tequistlatecan languages are a small group of indigenous languages of southern Mexico, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tequistlatecan languages