Tepehuán de Durango
E507004
Native American language
Northern Tepehuan language
Uto-Aztecan language
indigenous language
language of Mexico
Tepehuán de Durango is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Tepehuán people primarily in the state of Durango in northern Mexico.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tepehuán de Durango canonical | 3 |
| Tepehuán del Norte | 2 |
| Tepehuán de Chihuahua | 1 |
| Tepehuán del estado de Durango | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5256501 — 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: Tepehuán de Durango Context triple: [Northern Tepehuán language, hasAlternativeName, Tepehuán de Durango]
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A.
Tepoztlán
Tepoztlán is a picturesque Mexican town famed for its pre-Hispanic pyramid on Tepozteco Mountain, vibrant market, and designation as a Pueblo Mágico.
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B.
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga is a rapidly growing municipality in the Guadalajara metropolitan area of Jalisco, Mexico, known for its suburban expansion and strategic economic importance.
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C.
Tepetlaoztoc
Tepetlaoztoc was a pre-Columbian Nahua town in the Valley of Mexico that played a role in regional conflicts and politics prior to Spanish conquest.
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D.
Tajín Chico
Tajín Chico is an elevated ceremonial and administrative complex within the ancient Mesoamerican city of El Tajín, notable for its palaces, pyramids, and elite architecture.
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E.
Valle de Guadalupe
Valle de Guadalupe is Mexico’s premier wine-producing region, renowned for its vineyards, boutique wineries, and gourmet food scene in the state of Baja California.
- 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: Tepehuán de Durango Target entity description: Tepehuán de Durango is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Tepehuán people primarily in the state of Durango in northern Mexico.
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A.
Tepoztlán
Tepoztlán is a picturesque Mexican town famed for its pre-Hispanic pyramid on Tepozteco Mountain, vibrant market, and designation as a Pueblo Mágico.
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B.
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga is a rapidly growing municipality in the Guadalajara metropolitan area of Jalisco, Mexico, known for its suburban expansion and strategic economic importance.
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C.
Tepetlaoztoc
Tepetlaoztoc was a pre-Columbian Nahua town in the Valley of Mexico that played a role in regional conflicts and politics prior to Spanish conquest.
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D.
Tajín Chico
Tajín Chico is an elevated ceremonial and administrative complex within the ancient Mesoamerican city of El Tajín, notable for its palaces, pyramids, and elite architecture.
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E.
Valle de Guadalupe
Valle de Guadalupe is Mexico’s premier wine-producing region, renowned for its vineyards, boutique wineries, and gourmet food scene in the state of Baja California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Northern Tepehuan language ⓘ Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language of Mexico ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroarea | North America ⓘ |
| coexistsWith |
Spanish language
ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish
|
| countryOfficialLanguageStatus | not an official language of Mexico ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus |
threatened
ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Tepehuán ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Northern Tepehuan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuan
Tepehuán del Norte ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuán de Durango
Tepehuán del estado de Durango ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuán de Durango
|
| hasBasicWordOrder | SOV (subject–object–verb) ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | marker of Tepehuán identity ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationType |
grammatical descriptions
ⓘ
lexicons and wordlists ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamilyBranch | Tepiman ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrastive tone (reported in some descriptions) ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | rural communities in Durango ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerTrend | declining intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Southern Tepehuan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuan
Tepehuán de Chihuahua ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuán de Durango
|
| languageCodeISO639-3 | ntp ⓘ |
| languageFamilyNeighbor |
O’odham
ⓘ
linked to:
Tohono O'odham
Pima Bajo ⓘ |
| languagePolicyContext | Mexican indigenous language rights framework ⓘ |
| linguisticTypologyArea | Mesoamerican and Uto-Aztecan contact zone ⓘ |
| partOfLanguageFamily |
Uto-Aztecan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Uto-Aztecan
|
| recognizedBy |
Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI)
ⓘ
linked to:
Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
|
| region |
Sierra Madre Occidental
ⓘ
northern Mexico ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Mexico
|
| spokenBy |
Northern Tepehuan people
ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuan people
Tepehuán people ⓘ
linked to:
Tepehuan people
|
| spokenInCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenInState | Durango ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Tepiman languages ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
daily communication in indigenous communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | bilingual intercultural education programs (limited) ⓘ |
| 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
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Input
Subject: Tepehuán de Durango Description of subject: Tepehuán de Durango is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Tepehuán people primarily in the state of Durango in northern Mexico.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tepehuán de Durango
linked to: Tepehuán de Durango
linked to: Tepehuán de Durango
linked to: Tepehuán de Durango