Puebloan languages
E112613
Puebloan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Pueblo peoples of the Southwestern United States, including languages such as Keresan, Tanoan, and Zuni.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kiowa–Tanoan | 2 |
| Puebloan languages canonical | 1 |
| Tanoan languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T906500 — 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: Puebloan languages Context triple: [Indigenous peoples of North America, hasLanguageFamily, Puebloan languages]
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A.
Uto-Aztecan
Uto-Aztecan is a large Native American language family of the Western United States and Mexico that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and Ute.
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B.
Southern Uto-Aztecan
Southern Uto-Aztecan is a major branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and the languages of many indigenous groups in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest.
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C.
Coahuiltecan languages
The Coahuiltecan languages are a group of now mostly extinct indigenous languages once spoken by hunter-gatherer peoples in what is now southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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D.
Northern Athabaskan languages
Northern Athabaskan languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in northwestern Canada and Alaska, forming a northern branch of the larger Athabaskan language family.
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E.
Mexican Penutian languages
Mexican Penutian languages are a proposed subgroup of the Penutian language family consisting of several indigenous languages spoken in parts of Mexico.
- 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: Puebloan languages Target entity description: Puebloan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Pueblo peoples of the Southwestern United States, including languages such as Keresan, Tanoan, and Zuni.
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A.
Uto-Aztecan
Uto-Aztecan is a large Native American language family of the Western United States and Mexico that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and Ute.
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B.
Southern Uto-Aztecan
Southern Uto-Aztecan is a major branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and the languages of many indigenous groups in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest.
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C.
Coahuiltecan languages
The Coahuiltecan languages are a group of now mostly extinct indigenous languages once spoken by hunter-gatherer peoples in what is now southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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D.
Northern Athabaskan languages
Northern Athabaskan languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in northwestern Canada and Alaska, forming a northern branch of the larger Athabaskan language family.
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E.
Mexican Penutian languages
Mexican Penutian languages are a proposed subgroup of the Penutian language family consisting of several indigenous languages spoken in parts of Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American languages
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| arealFeature | part of the North American Southwest linguistic area ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Pueblo peoples ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalArea | Pueblo culture area ⓘ |
| hasMember | Zuni language ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Keresan languages
ⓘ
Tanoan languages ⓘ
surface form:
Kiowa–Tanoan languages
|
| includes |
Eastern Keres
ⓘ
Keresan languages ⓘ Tanoan languages ⓘ Tewa language ⓘ Tiwa languages ⓘ Towa language ⓘ Western Keres ⓘ Zuni language ⓘ Zuni language isolate ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | not a single genetic language family ⓘ |
| linguisticRelationship | includes unrelated language families and isolates ⓘ |
| region |
Arizona
ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Pueblo peoples
ⓘ
Southwestern Athabaskan languages (geographic neighbors) ⓘ |
| sociolinguisticFeature |
community-based language maintenance
ⓘ
restricted ceremonial vocabulary ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Keres Pueblo communities
ⓘ
Tewa Pueblo communities ⓘ Sandia Pueblo ⓘ
surface form:
Tiwa Pueblo communities
Towa-speaking Jemez Pueblo ⓘ Zuni Pueblo ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
southwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern United States
|
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subjectOf | documentation and revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| timeDepth | pre-Columbian origin in the Southwest ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Pueblo communities
ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem | primarily oral traditions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Puebloan languages Description of subject: Puebloan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Pueblo peoples of the Southwestern United States, including languages such as Keresan, Tanoan, and Zuni.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tanoan languages
this entity surface form:
Kiowa–Tanoan
this entity surface form:
Kiowa–Tanoan