Secoya language
E743036
The Secoya language is a Western Tucanoan language spoken by the Secoya people of the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Secoya language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8541911 — 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: Secoya language Context triple: [Indigenous peoples of Ecuador, language, Secoya language]
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A.
Piapoco language
The Piapoco language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Piapoco people of Colombia and Venezuela.
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B.
Yucuna language
The Yucuna language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Yucuna people of the Colombian Amazon.
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C.
Sipakapense language
The Sipakapense language is a Mayan language spoken by the Sipakapense people in the western highlands of Guatemala.
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D.
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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E.
Aguaruna language
The Aguaruna language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Aguaruna (Awajún) people of northern Peru, closely related to the Shuar language of Ecuador.
- 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: Secoya language Target entity description: The Secoya language is a Western Tucanoan language spoken by the Secoya people of the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.
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A.
Piapoco language
The Piapoco language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Piapoco people of Colombia and Venezuela.
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B.
Yucuna language
The Yucuna language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Yucuna people of the Colombian Amazon.
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C.
Sipakapense language
The Sipakapense language is a Mayan language spoken by the Sipakapense people in the western highlands of Guatemala.
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D.
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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E.
Aguaruna language
The Aguaruna language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Aguaruna (Awajún) people of northern Peru, closely related to the Shuar language of Ecuador.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tucanoan language
ⓘ
indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | South American indigenous languages ⓘ |
| branchOf | Western branch of Tucanoan ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Siona language ⓘ |
| country |
Republic of Ecuador
ⓘ
linked to:
Ecuador
Republic of Peru ⓘ
linked to:
Peru
|
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Secoya ⓘ |
| glottologName | Secoya ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Angotero
ⓘ
Angutero ⓘ
linked to:
Angotero
Pioje ⓘ Piojé ⓘ Secoyan ⓘ Siekopai ⓘ Siekopai pai ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | seco1241 ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
nasal harmony
ⓘ
tone or pitch accent distinctions ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Secoya communities in Ecuador
ⓘ
Secoya communities in Peru ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | sey ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tucanoan languages ⓘ |
| region |
Amazon basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Amazon Basin
Amazonian region of Ecuador ⓘ Amazonian region of Peru ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Secoya people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ecuador
ⓘ
Peru ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Western Tucanoan language ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
predominantly SOV word order ⓘ |
| usedByReligion | indigenous Amazonian beliefs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral tradition of the Secoya people
ⓘ
ritual practices of the Secoya people ⓘ |
| 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: Secoya language Description of subject: The Secoya language is a Western Tucanoan language spoken by the Secoya people of the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.