Cholan languages
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Cholan languages are a branch of the Mayan language family spoken historically and presently in parts of southern Mexico and Central America, including by the Chol people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cholan languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13377214 — 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: Cholan languages Context triple: [Chol people, languageSubgroup, Cholan languages]
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A.
Chicham languages
The Chicham languages are a small family of closely related indigenous languages spoken by various Jivaroan peoples of the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.
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B.
Thagichu languages
The Thagichu languages are a subgroup of closely related Bantu languages of central Kenya that include Kikuyu and its nearest linguistic relatives.
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C.
Chamic languages
The Chamic languages are a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in mainland Southeast Asia and parts of Indonesia, notable for heavy contact influence from neighboring Austroasiatic and Tai-Kadai languages.
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D.
Chimakuan languages
The Chimakuan languages are a small family of now-extinct Indigenous languages once spoken in the Pacific Northwest of North America, particularly on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.
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E.
Chimuan languages
The Chimuan languages are an extinct group of pre-Columbian languages once spoken along the northern coast of Peru, most notably associated with the Chimú civilization.
- 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: Cholan languages Target entity description: Cholan languages are a branch of the Mayan language family spoken historically and presently in parts of southern Mexico and Central America, including by the Chol people.
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A.
Chicham languages
The Chicham languages are a small family of closely related indigenous languages spoken by various Jivaroan peoples of the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.
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B.
Thagichu languages
The Thagichu languages are a subgroup of closely related Bantu languages of central Kenya that include Kikuyu and its nearest linguistic relatives.
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C.
Chamic languages
The Chamic languages are a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in mainland Southeast Asia and parts of Indonesia, notable for heavy contact influence from neighboring Austroasiatic and Tai-Kadai languages.
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D.
Chimakuan languages
The Chimakuan languages are a small family of now-extinct Indigenous languages once spoken in the Pacific Northwest of North America, particularly on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.
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E.
Chimuan languages
The Chimuan languages are an extinct group of pre-Columbian languages once spoken along the northern coast of Peru, most notably associated with the Chimú civilization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Mayan languages
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| arealGrouping | Mesoamerican languages ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup |
Chol people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chontal people of Tabasco NERFINISHED ⓘ Chʼortiʼ people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Cholan–Tzeltalan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | lowland Maya area ⓘ |
| glottologClassification | Cholan branch of Mayan ⓘ |
| hasReconstructedAncestor |
Proto-Cholan
GENERATED
ⓘ
Proto-Cholan–Tzeltalan GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Eastern Cholan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Cholan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalImportance | language of Classic Maya civilization ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenIn |
Central America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Chol language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Choltiʼ language NERFINISHED ⓘ Chontal of Tabasco NERFINISHED ⓘ Chʼortiʼ language ⓘ Classic Cholan NERFINISHED ⓘ Classic Maya language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISOClassification | part of ISO 639-3 Chol, Chʼortiʼ, Chontal codes ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
ergative–absolutive alignment
ⓘ
head-marking morphology ⓘ |
| partOf | Mayan language family ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalization
ⓘ
vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| region | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relevance | key to decipherment of Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chiapas NERFINISHED ⓘ Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ Tabasco NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
some languages endangered
ⓘ
some languages extinct ⓘ some languages still spoken ⓘ |
| studiedInField | Mayan linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Mayan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | at least 2000 years ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedIn | Classic Maya inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wordOrder |
verb–object–subject
ⓘ
verb–subject–object ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Maya script ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Cholan languages Description of subject: Cholan languages are a branch of the Mayan language family spoken historically and presently in parts of southern Mexico and Central America, including by the Chol people.
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