Mono language (Uto-Aztecan)
E1045774
The Mono language is a Native American Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Mono people of eastern California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mono language (Uto-Aztecan) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13505282 — 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: Mono language (Uto-Aztecan) Context triple: [Panamint (Koso) language, relatedTo, Mono language (Uto-Aztecan)]
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A.
Matlatzinca language
The Matlatzinca language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of central Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Matlatzinca people in the State of Mexico and considered at risk of extinction.
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B.
Mazatec languages
The Mazatec languages are a group of closely related indigenous Otomanguean languages spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the northern region of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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C.
Totela language
The Totela language is a Bantu language of southern Africa spoken by the Totela people, closely related to other Tonga varieties in the region.
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D.
Huastec language
The Huastec language is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in the northeastern region of Mexico.
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E.
Totonac languages
Totonac languages are an indigenous language family of eastern Mexico spoken primarily by the Totonac people in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo.
- 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: Mono language (Uto-Aztecan) Target entity description: The Mono language is a Native American Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Mono people of eastern California.
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A.
Matlatzinca language
The Matlatzinca language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of central Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Matlatzinca people in the State of Mexico and considered at risk of extinction.
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B.
Mazatec languages
The Mazatec languages are a group of closely related indigenous Otomanguean languages spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the northern region of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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C.
Totela language
The Totela language is a Bantu language of southern Africa spoken by the Totela people, closely related to other Tonga varieties in the region.
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D.
Huastec language
The Huastec language is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in the northeastern region of Mexico.
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E.
Totonac languages
Totonac languages are an indigenous language family of eastern Mexico spoken primarily by the Totonac people in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ indigenous language of California ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mono Paiute
ⓘ
linked to:
Paiute
Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ Paviotso-Mono (in some classifications) ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Northern Paiute language
ⓘ
Panamint language ⓘ
linked to:
Panamint (Koso) language
Shoshoni language ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalRole | key marker of Mono ethnic identity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Mono people
ⓘ
Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ |
| glottocode | mono1268 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification | sometimes grouped with Northern Paiute as a dialect cluster ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Eastern Mono
ⓘ
Western Mono ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch | grammars and dictionaries compiled by linguists ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | complex verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Numic languages ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
documentation projects by linguists ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | mnr ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| region | eastern California ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Mono people ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Numic ⓘ |
| subgroup | Western Numic ⓘ |
| traditionalArea |
Owens Valley
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada (eastern slopes) ⓘ
linked to:
Sierra Nevada range front
|
| usedFor | oral storytelling traditions ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional Mono ceremonies ⓘ |
| 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: Mono language (Uto-Aztecan) Description of subject: The Mono language is a Native American Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Mono people of eastern California.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.