Plains Indian Sign Language
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Plains Indian Sign Language is a historical intertribal sign language used across the North American Great Plains to facilitate communication among speakers of different Indigenous spoken languages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plains Indian Sign Language canonical | 1 |
| Plains Sign Language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12620796 — 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: Plains Indian Sign Language Context triple: [Dull Knife, languageSpoken, Plains Indian Sign Language]
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A.
Blackfoot language
Blackfoot language is an Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) people of the northern Great Plains in what is now western Canada and the United States.
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B.
Osage language
The Osage language is a Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Osage people of the central United States, now the focus of revitalization and preservation efforts.
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C.
Nakoda language
The Nakoda language is an Indigenous Siouan language of the Stoney Nakoda people of the Canadian Plains, closely related to other Dakota and Nakota dialects.
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D.
Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille language
The Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille language is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by the Kalispel and Pend d’Oreille peoples of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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E.
Lakota language
The Lakota language is a Native American Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people, known for its rich oral tradition and ongoing revitalization efforts.
- 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: Plains Indian Sign Language Target entity description: Plains Indian Sign Language is a historical intertribal sign language used across the North American Great Plains to facilitate communication among speakers of different Indigenous spoken languages.
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A.
Blackfoot language
Blackfoot language is an Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) people of the northern Great Plains in what is now western Canada and the United States.
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B.
Osage language
The Osage language is a Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Osage people of the central United States, now the focus of revitalization and preservation efforts.
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C.
Nakoda language
The Nakoda language is an Indigenous Siouan language of the Stoney Nakoda people of the Canadian Plains, closely related to other Dakota and Nakota dialects.
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D.
Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille language
The Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille language is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by the Kalispel and Pend d’Oreille peoples of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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E.
Lakota language
The Lakota language is a Native American Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people, known for its rich oral tradition and ongoing revitalization efforts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Plains Indian Sign Language