Teguima language
E1038372
The Teguima language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Teguima language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13427446 — 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: Teguima language Context triple: [Opata language, hasAlternativeName, Teguima language]
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A.
Tindi language
The Tindi language is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Tindi people in Dagestan, Russia, known for its complex grammar and limited number of speakers.
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B.
Tanema language
Tanema is a nearly extinct Oceanic language once spoken on Vanikoro Island in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.
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C.
Datooga language
The Datooga language is a Southern Nilotic language spoken by the Datooga people of north-central Tanzania, known for its complex dialect diversity and rich oral tradition.
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D.
Tigak language
The Tigak language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tigak people of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.
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E.
Bagirmi language
The Bagirmi language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in Chad by the Bagirmi people, known for its role as a regional lingua franca and its rich oral tradition.
- 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: Teguima language Target entity description: The Teguima language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico.
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A.
Tindi language
The Tindi language is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Tindi people in Dagestan, Russia, known for its complex grammar and limited number of speakers.
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B.
Tanema language
Tanema is a nearly extinct Oceanic language once spoken on Vanikoro Island in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.
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C.
Datooga language
The Datooga language is a Southern Nilotic language spoken by the Datooga people of north-central Tanzania, known for its complex dialect diversity and rich oral tradition.
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D.
Tigak language
The Tigak language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tigak people of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.
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E.
Bagirmi language
The Bagirmi language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in Chad by the Bagirmi people, known for its role as a regional lingua franca and its rich oral tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Uto-Aztecan language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Opata-Teguima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Teguima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Opata nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOf | Cahitan–Opata branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-attested but extinct ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Eudeve language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Opata language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Spanish missionaries ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Opata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionCause | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | interior Sonora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfUse | colonial era ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan languages
|
| languageFamilyBranch | Taracahitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyHigher | Aztecan branch of Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo | Spanish language ⓘ |
| region | northwestern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Opata people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Sonora
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Mexico ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Southern Uto-Aztecan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ |
| usedBy | Opata communities along the Yaqui River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
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: Teguima language Description of subject: The Teguima language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.