Yawalapiti language
E618294
The Yawalapiti language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Yawalapiti people of Brazil’s Upper Xingu region in the Amazon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yawalapiti language canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6776736 — 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: Yawalapiti language Context triple: [Paresí–Xingu subgroup, hasMember, Yawalapiti language]
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A.
Enawené-Nawé language
The Enawené-Nawé language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Enawené-Nawé people of the Brazilian Amazon, known for its highly endangered status and rich oral tradition.
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B.
Warao language
The Warao language is an indigenous language isolate spoken by the Warao people of northeastern Venezuela and nearby regions, particularly in the Orinoco Delta.
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C.
Juruna language
The Juruna language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Juruna (Yudjá) people of the Xingu region in Brazil.
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D.
Awajún language
Awajún language is an indigenous Jivaroan language spoken primarily by the Awajún (Aguaruna) people of northern Peru.
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E.
Tsimané language
The Tsimané language is an indigenous South American language of the Mosetenan family spoken by the Tsimané people of Bolivia’s Amazonian lowlands.
- 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: Yawalapiti language Target entity description: The Yawalapiti language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Yawalapiti people of Brazil’s Upper Xingu region in the Amazon.
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A.
Enawené-Nawé language
The Enawené-Nawé language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Enawené-Nawé people of the Brazilian Amazon, known for its highly endangered status and rich oral tradition.
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B.
Warao language
The Warao language is an indigenous language isolate spoken by the Warao people of northeastern Venezuela and nearby regions, particularly in the Orinoco Delta.
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C.
Juruna language
The Juruna language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Juruna (Yudjá) people of the Xingu region in Brazil.
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D.
Awajún language
Awajún language is an indigenous Jivaroan language spoken primarily by the Awajún (Aguaruna) people of northern Peru.
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E.
Tsimané language
The Tsimané language is an indigenous South American language of the Mosetenan family spoken by the Tsimané people of Bolivia’s Amazonian lowlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | South American languages macro-area ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yawalapiti ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Jawalapiti
ⓘ
Yawalapití ⓘ
linked to:
Yawalapiti
|
| hasContactWith |
Kamayurá language
ⓘ
Kuikuro language ⓘ Waurá language ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
mythology
ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentCause |
dominance of Portuguese in education
ⓘ
intergenerational transmission decline ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
number marking on nouns
ⓘ
person marking on verbs ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ oral vowels ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | Yawalapiti village communities ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | yaw ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Upper Xingu cultural area
ⓘ
linked to:
Upper Xingu region
|
| languageFamily | Arawakan ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Maipurean ⓘ |
| region |
Mato Grosso state
ⓘ
linked to:
Mato Grosso
|
| spokenBy | Yawalapiti people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Amazon Basin
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Upper Xingu region ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Southern Arawakan
ⓘ
linked to:
Upper Orinoco Arawakan
|
| threatenedBy |
language shift to Portuguese
ⓘ
language shift to other Upper Xingu lingua francas ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Yawalapiti community
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual speech ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Upper Xingu Indigenous Park
ⓘ
linked to:
Xingu Indigenous Park
|
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yawalapiti language Description of subject: The Yawalapiti language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Yawalapiti people of Brazil’s Upper Xingu region in the Amazon.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.