Alaskan Athabaskan
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Alaskan Athabaskan is a subgroup of Northern Athabaskan Indigenous peoples and languages native to interior and southwestern Alaska.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alaskan Athabaskan canonical | 1 |
| Alaskan Athabaskan languages | 1 |
| Denaʼina Athabascan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14243736 — 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: Alaskan Athabaskan Context triple: [Lower Tanana language, languageFamilyBranch, Alaskan Athabaskan]
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A.
Ahtna Athabaskan
Ahtna Athabaskan are an Indigenous Athabaskan-speaking people of south-central Alaska whose traditional homeland centers on the Copper River basin.
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B.
Koyukon Athabaskan
Koyukon Athabaskan is an Athabaskan (Dene) language spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska.
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C.
Northern Tutchone
Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people in the central Yukon region of Canada.
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D.
Tlingit
Tlingit is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska and western Canada.
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E.
Athabaskan
Athabaskan is a large family of indigenous languages of North America, spoken primarily in Alaska, northwestern Canada, and the American Southwest.
- 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: Alaskan Athabaskan Target entity description: Alaskan Athabaskan is a subgroup of Northern Athabaskan Indigenous peoples and languages native to interior and southwestern Alaska.
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A.
Ahtna Athabaskan
Ahtna Athabaskan are an Indigenous Athabaskan-speaking people of south-central Alaska whose traditional homeland centers on the Copper River basin.
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B.
Koyukon Athabaskan
Koyukon Athabaskan is an Athabaskan (Dene) language spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska.
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C.
Northern Tutchone
Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people in the central Yukon region of Canada.
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D.
Tlingit
Tlingit is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska and western Canada.
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E.
Athabaskan
Athabaskan is a large family of indigenous languages of North America, spoken primarily in Alaska, northwestern Canada, and the American Southwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alaskan Athabaskan languages
this entity surface form:
Denaʼina Athabascan