Nambikwara languages
E641143
The Nambikwara languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken by the Nambikwara peoples of western Brazil, known for their typological diversity and significance in Amazonian linguistic studies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nambikwara languages canonical | 2 |
| Nambikwaran languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7056256 — 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: Nambikwara languages Context triple: [Enawené-Nawé language, neighboringLanguage, Nambikwara languages]
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A.
Kurumba languages
The Kurumba languages are a group of closely related Dravidian tribal languages spoken primarily by the Kurumba people in parts of southern India, especially in the Nilgiri and surrounding hill regions.
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B.
Tucanoan languages
The Tucanoan languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in the northwestern Amazon Basin of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru, known for complex evidentiality systems and extensive multilingualism among their speakers.
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C.
Tebu languages
The Tebu languages are a group of closely related Saharan languages spoken primarily by the Tebu people across parts of Chad, Niger, and Libya.
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D.
Chocoan languages
The Chocoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in western Colombia and eastern Panama, known for including the Emberá and Wounaan languages.
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E.
Jivaroan languages
Jivaroan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken in the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru, known for their complex verbal morphology and association with groups such as the Shuar.
- 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: Nambikwara languages Target entity description: The Nambikwara languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken by the Nambikwara peoples of western Brazil, known for their typological diversity and significance in Amazonian linguistic studies.
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A.
Kurumba languages
The Kurumba languages are a group of closely related Dravidian tribal languages spoken primarily by the Kurumba people in parts of southern India, especially in the Nilgiri and surrounding hill regions.
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B.
Tucanoan languages
The Tucanoan languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in the northwestern Amazon Basin of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru, known for complex evidentiality systems and extensive multilingualism among their speakers.
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C.
Tebu languages
The Tebu languages are a group of closely related Saharan languages spoken primarily by the Tebu people across parts of Chad, Niger, and Libya.
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D.
Chocoan languages
The Chocoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in western Colombia and eastern Panama, known for including the Emberá and Wounaan languages.
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E.
Jivaroan languages
Jivaroan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken in the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru, known for their complex verbal morphology and association with groups such as the Shuar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | language family ⓘ |
| arealAssociation | Amazonian languages ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Claude Lévi-Strauss
ⓘ
David Price ⓘ linguists specializing in Amazonian languages ⓘ |
| familyColor | American ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | one of the primary language families of South America ⓘ |
| hasBranch |
Central Nambikwara
ⓘ
Northern Nambikwara ⓘ Southern Nambikwara ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Nambikwara people ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | namb1299 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Nambikwaran ⓘ |
| hasISOStatus | family with multiple ISO 639-3 codes for individual languages ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Lakondê
ⓘ
Latundê ⓘ Mamaindê ⓘ Nambikwara do Campo ⓘ Nambikwara do Norte ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Nambikwara
Nambikwara do Sul ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Nambikwara
Sabanê ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amazon basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Amazon Basin
Mato Grosso ⓘ Rondônia ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | small population of speakers ⓘ |
| region |
Amazonian lowlands
ⓘ
Guaporé–Mamoré area ⓘ
linked to:
Rio Guaporé region
|
| relatedTo | other small language families of the Brazilian Amazon (areally, not genetically) ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
language contact
ⓘ
language endangerment and revitalization ⓘ morphosyntax ⓘ phonology ⓘ |
| significance |
important for Amazonian linguistic typology
ⓘ
important for historical linguistics of South America ⓘ important for studies of language contact in Amazonia ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Nambikwara people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
ⓘ
western Brazil ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
American indigenous languages
ⓘ
languages of Brazil ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
complex verbal morphology in several varieties
ⓘ
contrastive nasality in some languages ⓘ high typological diversity among member languages ⓘ relatively small phoneme inventories in some languages ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous communities in western Brazil ⓘ |
| wordOrder | variable basic word order across branches ⓘ |
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Subject: Nambikwara languages Description of subject: The Nambikwara languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken by the Nambikwara peoples of western Brazil, known for their typological diversity and significance in Amazonian linguistic studies.
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linked to: Nambikwara languages