Yoeme language
E1038365
Yoeme language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken primarily by the Yaqui (Yoeme) people of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yoeme language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13427365 — 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: Yoeme language Context triple: [Yaqui language, hasAlternativeName, Yoeme language]
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A.
Mayaimi language
The Mayaimi language was the now-extinct indigenous language once spoken by the Mayaimi people around Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida.
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B.
Yola language
The Yola language was an extinct West Germanic language once spoken in County Wexford, Ireland, that preserved many archaic features derived from early English settlers.
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C.
Huambisa language
The Huambisa language is an indigenous Jivaroan language spoken by the Huambisa (Wampis) people of the northern Peruvian Amazon.
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D.
Isoko language
The Isoko language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Isoko people of southern Nigeria, particularly in Delta State.
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E.
Yucuna language
The Yucuna language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Yucuna people of the Colombian Amazon.
- 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: Yoeme language Target entity description: Yoeme language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken primarily by the Yaqui (Yoeme) people of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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A.
Mayaimi language
The Mayaimi language was the now-extinct indigenous language once spoken by the Mayaimi people around Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida.
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B.
Yola language
The Yola language was an extinct West Germanic language once spoken in County Wexford, Ireland, that preserved many archaic features derived from early English settlers.
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C.
Huambisa language
The Huambisa language is an indigenous Jivaroan language spoken by the Huambisa (Wampis) people of the northern Peruvian Amazon.
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D.
Isoko language
The Isoko language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Isoko people of southern Nigeria, particularly in Delta State.
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E.
Yucuna language
The Yucuna language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Yucuna people of the Colombian Amazon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American language
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Yaqui language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yoeme yoem noki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Yaqui deer dance tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Yaqui syncretic Catholicism ⓘ |
| belongsToBranch | Southern Uto-Aztecan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Mayo language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicGroup | Yaqui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
home and community use
ⓘ
religious and ceremonial contexts ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
postpositions rather than prepositions
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ switch-reference markers (in some analyses) ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | yaqu1251 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | yaq ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts |
bilingual education programs
ⓘ
community-based classes ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom | Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| hasPart |
distinct ceremonial register
ⓘ
everyday colloquial register ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| isEndonymFor | Yaqui language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Cahita languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Arizona, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sonora, Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Yaqui people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yoeme people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInCommunity |
Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yoeme communities in Phoenix, Arizona ⓘ Yoeme communities in Tucson, Arizona ⓘ |
| status |
endangered language
ⓘ
threatened language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Cahita branch ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral storytelling
ⓘ
ritual songs ⓘ traditional Yaqui ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
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
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Input
Subject: Yoeme language Description of subject: Yoeme language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken primarily by the Yaqui (Yoeme) people of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.