Northern Salinan dialect
E1151437
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The Northern Salinan dialect is a now-extinct variety of the Salinan language once spoken by Indigenous Salinan people in central California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Northern Salinan dialect canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15339629 — 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: Northern Salinan dialect Context triple: [Northern Salinan, associatedWith, Northern Salinan dialect]
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A.
Mabuyag dialect
The Mabuyag dialect is a regional variety of the Torres Strait Islander language traditionally spoken by the community of Mabuyag Island in the Torres Strait, Australia.
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B.
Surigaonon Dinagat Islands dialect
Surigaonon Dinagat Islands dialect is a regional variety of the Surigaonon language spoken in the Dinagat Islands province of the Philippines, characterized by its distinct phonological and lexical features.
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C.
Satawan dialect
The Satawan dialect is a regional variety of the Mortlockese language spoken primarily on Satawan Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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D.
Naha dialect
The Naha dialect is a prominent variety of the Okinawan language spoken in and around the city of Naha on Okinawa Island, often regarded as a standard or central urban form of the language.
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E.
Ditidaht dialect
The Ditidaht dialect is a regional variety of the Southern Wakashan language spoken by the Ditidaht First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
- 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: Northern Salinan dialect Target entity description: The Northern Salinan dialect is a now-extinct variety of the Salinan language once spoken by Indigenous Salinan people in central California.
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A.
Mabuyag dialect
The Mabuyag dialect is a regional variety of the Torres Strait Islander language traditionally spoken by the community of Mabuyag Island in the Torres Strait, Australia.
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B.
Surigaonon Dinagat Islands dialect
Surigaonon Dinagat Islands dialect is a regional variety of the Surigaonon language spoken in the Dinagat Islands province of the Philippines, characterized by its distinct phonological and lexical features.
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C.
Satawan dialect
The Satawan dialect is a regional variety of the Mortlockese language spoken primarily on Satawan Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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D.
Naha dialect
The Naha dialect is a prominent variety of the Okinawan language spoken in and around the city of Naha on Okinawa Island, often regarded as a standard or central urban form of the language.
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E.
Ditidaht dialect
The Ditidaht dialect is a regional variety of the Southern Wakashan language spoken by the Ditidaht First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.