Bannock language
E1139871
UNEXPLORED
The Bannock language is a critically endangered Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken by the Bannock people of the Great Basin region in the western United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bannock language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15163523 — 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: Bannock language Context triple: [Great Basin linguistic area, hasLanguage, Bannock language]
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A.
Bafia language
The Bafia language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Bafia people in central Cameroon.
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B.
Kallahan languages
Kallahan languages are a subgroup of Philippine Cordilleran languages spoken by indigenous communities in the northern Luzon highlands of the Philippines.
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C.
Bunak language
The Bunak language is a Papuan language spoken primarily in the central region of Timor, straddling the border between Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
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D.
Buyi language
The Buyi language is a Tai–Kadai language spoken primarily by the Buyi ethnic group in Guizhou and neighboring regions of southern China.
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E.
Unquachog language
The Unquachog language is an extinct Algonquian language once spoken by the Unkechaug people of Long Island, New York.
- 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: Bannock language Target entity description: The Bannock language is a critically endangered Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken by the Bannock people of the Great Basin region in the western United States.
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A.
Bafia language
The Bafia language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Bafia people in central Cameroon.
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B.
Kallahan languages
Kallahan languages are a subgroup of Philippine Cordilleran languages spoken by indigenous communities in the northern Luzon highlands of the Philippines.
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C.
Bunak language
The Bunak language is a Papuan language spoken primarily in the central region of Timor, straddling the border between Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
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D.
Buyi language
The Buyi language is a Tai–Kadai language spoken primarily by the Buyi ethnic group in Guizhou and neighboring regions of southern China.
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E.
Unquachog language
The Unquachog language is an extinct Algonquian language once spoken by the Unkechaug people of Long Island, New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.