Colima Nahuatl
E647881
Colima Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language traditionally spoken in the Mexican state of Colima.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colima Nahuatl canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7180197 — 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: Colima Nahuatl Context triple: [Western Nahuatl, hasVariety, Colima Nahuatl]
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A.
Michoacán Nahuatl
Michoacán Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken in the Mexican state of Michoacán, belonging to the broader Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
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B.
Orizaba Nahuatl
Orizaba Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken primarily in and around the city of Orizaba in central Mexico.
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C.
Nahuatl
Nahuatl is a group of indigenous Uto-Aztecan languages of central Mexico, historically spoken by the Aztecs and still used by over a million people today.
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D.
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Tetelcingo Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken in and around Tetelcingo in the Mexican state of Morelos.
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E.
Central Nahuatl
Central Nahuatl is a major variety of the Nahuatl language spoken in central Mexico, notable for its large number of speakers and influence on modern Mexican Spanish vocabulary.
- 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: Colima Nahuatl Target entity description: Colima Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language traditionally spoken in the Mexican state of Colima.
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A.
Michoacán Nahuatl
Michoacán Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken in the Mexican state of Michoacán, belonging to the broader Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
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B.
Orizaba Nahuatl
Orizaba Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken primarily in and around the city of Orizaba in central Mexico.
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C.
Nahuatl
Nahuatl is a group of indigenous Uto-Aztecan languages of central Mexico, historically spoken by the Aztecs and still used by over a million people today.
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D.
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Tetelcingo Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken in and around Tetelcingo in the Mexican state of Morelos.
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E.
Central Nahuatl
Central Nahuatl is a major variety of the Nahuatl language spoken in central Mexico, notable for its large number of speakers and influence on modern Mexican Spanish vocabulary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nahuatl language variety
ⓘ
indigenous language variety of Mexico ⓘ regional language variety ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder |
flexible word order
ⓘ
often verb-initial ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| endangeredFactors |
intergenerational transmission interruption
ⓘ
language shift to Spanish ⓘ small speaker population ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Nahua people
ⓘ
linked to:
Nahua
|
| hasAncestor |
Classical Nahuatl
ⓘ
Proto-Nahuan ⓘ Proto-Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Spanish lexical influence
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ derivational verbal prefixes and suffixes ⓘ noun incorporation (limited) ⓘ possessive prefixes on nouns ⓘ regional phonological innovations ⓘ vowel length distinctions (historically) ⓘ |
| hasLexicalBorrowingsFrom | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom | Spanish ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | western Mexico ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Aztecan ⓘ |
| languageCodeStatus | does not have an ISO 639-3 code as a separate language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uto-Aztecan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Uto-Aztecan
|
| languageGroup |
Nahuan
ⓘ
linked to:
Nahuan languages
|
| languageStatus |
endangered
ⓘ
moribund ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Mesoamerican linguistic area ⓘ |
| morphologyType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| partOf | Mexican indigenous languages ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | variant of Nahuatl in Mexican linguistic classification ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Central Nahuatl
ⓘ
Western Peripheral Nahuatl varieties ⓘ
linked to:
Western Nahuatl
|
| sharesArealFeaturesWith | other Mesoamerican languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Colima ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Aztecan languages
ⓘ
Eastern Nahuatl ⓘ Nahuan languages ⓘ Nahuatl ⓘ Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to:
Uto-Aztecan
|
| traditionalRegion | Mexican state of Colima ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral communication ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colima Nahuatl Description of subject: Colima Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language traditionally spoken in the Mexican state of Colima.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.