Usila Chinantec
E737865
Usila Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken primarily in the region around San Felipe Usila in Oaxaca, Mexico.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Usila Chinantec canonical | 1 |
| Usila Chinantec language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8475008 — 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: Usila Chinantec Context triple: [Chinantecan languages, includeLanguage, Usila Chinantec]
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A.
Lealao Chinantec
Lealao Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken in parts of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its complex tonal system and rich oral tradition.
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B.
Alacatlatzala Mixtec
Alacatlatzala Mixtec is a variant of the Mixtec language spoken by indigenous communities in the region of Alacatlatzala in Mexico.
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C.
Yosondúa Mixtec
Yosondúa Mixtec is a variant of the Mixtec language spoken by indigenous communities in and around Yosondúa in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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D.
Yolox Chinantec
Yolox Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken by the Chinantec people in and around Yolox, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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E.
Cuicatec
Cuicatec is an indigenous Mesoamerican language spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico, belonging to the Oto-Manguean language family and known for its complex tonal system.
- 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: Usila Chinantec Target entity description: Usila Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken primarily in the region around San Felipe Usila in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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A.
Lealao Chinantec
Lealao Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken in parts of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its complex tonal system and rich oral tradition.
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B.
Alacatlatzala Mixtec
Alacatlatzala Mixtec is a variant of the Mixtec language spoken by indigenous communities in the region of Alacatlatzala in Mexico.
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C.
Yosondúa Mixtec
Yosondúa Mixtec is a variant of the Mixtec language spoken by indigenous communities in and around Yosondúa in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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D.
Yolox Chinantec
Yolox Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken by the Chinantec people in and around Yolox, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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E.
Cuicatec
Cuicatec is an indigenous Mesoamerican language spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico, belonging to the Oto-Manguean language family and known for its complex tonal system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinantecan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Chinantec people ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Papaloapan basin region of Oaxaca
ⓘ
linked to:
Papaloapan region of Veracruz
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Chinanteco de Usila
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinanteco de Lealao
San Felipe Usila Chinantec ⓘ Usila Chinanteco ⓘ |
| hasDialects | local community varieties around San Felipe Usila ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
verb–object–subject word order (in some contexts)
ⓘ
verb–subject–object word order (in some contexts) ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex vowel system
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| hasStatus | minority language in Mexico ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo | Mexico ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Chinantec macrolanguage
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinantecan languages
|
| languageBranch | Chinantec branch of Oto-Manguean ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Chinantecan
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinantecan languages
Oto-Manguean ⓘ
linked to:
Oto-Manguean languages
|
| region |
northern Oaxaca
ⓘ
linked to:
Cañada region of Oaxaca
|
| spokenBy | indigenous Chinantec communities around San Felipe Usila ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mexico
ⓘ
Oaxaca ⓘ San Felipe Usila ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Chinantec language
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinantecan languages
Oto-Manguean language ⓘ
linked to:
Oto-Manguean languages
|
| usedAlongside | Spanish ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication in local communities ⓘ |
| 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
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: Usila Chinantec Description of subject: Usila Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken primarily in the region around San Felipe Usila in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Usila Chinantec