Arapaho language
E64905
The Arapaho language is an endangered Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Arapaho people of the Great Plains, primarily in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arapaho language canonical | 12 |
| Arapahoe language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T474180 — 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: Arapaho language Context triple: [Algonquian languages, includesLanguage, Arapaho language]
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A.
Cheyenne language
Cheyenne language is a Native American language of the Algonquian family traditionally spoken by the Cheyenne people of the Great Plains, particularly in Montana and Oklahoma.
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B.
Yavapai language
The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.
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C.
Shawnee language
The Shawnee language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Shawnee people, belonging to the Central Algonquian branch and now considered endangered.
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D.
Kickapoo language
Kickapoo language is an endangered Central Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Kickapoo people in parts of the United States and Mexico.
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E.
Havasupai–Hualapai language
The Havasupai–Hualapai language is an indigenous Yuman language spoken by the Havasupai and Hualapai peoples of northwestern Arizona.
- 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: Arapaho language Target entity description: The Arapaho language is an endangered Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Arapaho people of the Great Plains, primarily in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
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A.
Cheyenne language
Cheyenne language is a Native American language of the Algonquian family traditionally spoken by the Cheyenne people of the Great Plains, particularly in Montana and Oklahoma.
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B.
Yavapai language
The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.
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C.
Shawnee language
The Shawnee language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Shawnee people, belonging to the Central Algonquian branch and now considered endangered.
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D.
Kickapoo language
Kickapoo language is an endangered Central Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Kickapoo people in parts of the United States and Mexico.
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E.
Havasupai–Hualapai language
The Havasupai–Hualapai language is an indigenous Yuman language spoken by the Havasupai and Hualapai peoples of northwestern Arizona.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Blackfoot language
ⓘ
Cheyenne language ⓘ Gros Ventre language ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| endangered | true ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Northern Arapaho
ⓘ
linked to:
Arapaho people
Southern Arapaho ⓘ
linked to:
Arapaho people
|
| family | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Arapahoe language
ⓘ
linked to:
Arapaho language
Hinónoʼeitíít ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
animate and inanimate noun classes
ⓘ
direct–inverse system ⓘ noun incorporation ⓘ obviative third person ⓘ person hierarchy ⓘ prefixing and suffixing on verbs ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
animacy-based grammatical system
ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
limited consonant inventory
ⓘ
obligatory vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
ⓘ
Northern Arapaho Tribe ⓘ
linked to:
Arapaho people
|
| ISO639-3 | arp ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | linguistic documentation projects ⓘ |
| languageCode | arp ⓘ |
| languageOf | Wind River Indian Reservation ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Oklahoma
ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ |
| region | Great Plains ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community language programs
ⓘ
language immersion programs ⓘ school-based language classes ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Arapaho people ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Plains Algonquian languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Algonquian languages
|
| traditionalRegion |
Colorado
ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral storytelling
ⓘ
songs ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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: Arapaho language Description of subject: The Arapaho language is an endangered Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Arapaho people of the Great Plains, primarily in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Arapaho language