Wauja language
E1151562
UNEXPLORED
The Wauja language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Wauja people of Brazil’s Upper Xingu region in the Amazon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wauja language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15354351 — 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: Wauja language Context triple: [Xingu peoples, usesLanguage, Wauja language]
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A.
Waja language
The Waja language is a lesser-known Niger-Congo language spoken by the Waja people of northeastern Nigeria.
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B.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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C.
Zaiwa language
The Zaiwa language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Zaiwa people in parts of Yunnan, China and northern Myanmar.
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D.
Teke-Kukuya language
The Teke-Kukuya language is a Bantu language spoken by the Teke-Kukuya people in the Republic of the Congo and neighboring regions of Central Africa.
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E.
Jawoyn language
The Jawoyn language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Jawoyn people of the Northern Territory’s Arnhem Land region.
- 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: Wauja language Target entity description: The Wauja language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Wauja people of Brazil’s Upper Xingu region in the Amazon.
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A.
Waja language
The Waja language is a lesser-known Niger-Congo language spoken by the Waja people of northeastern Nigeria.
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B.
Akawaio language
The Akawaio language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken by the Akawaio people of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil.
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C.
Zaiwa language
The Zaiwa language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Zaiwa people in parts of Yunnan, China and northern Myanmar.
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D.
Teke-Kukuya language
The Teke-Kukuya language is a Bantu language spoken by the Teke-Kukuya people in the Republic of the Congo and neighboring regions of Central Africa.
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E.
Jawoyn language
The Jawoyn language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Jawoyn people of the Northern Territory’s Arnhem Land region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.