Yana language family
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The Yana language family is a small group of closely related, now-extinct Native American languages once spoken in north-central California, notable for its complex grammar and documentation through the speech of the last fluent speaker, Ishi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yana language family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17483067 — 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: Yana language family Context triple: [Indigenous languages of California, hasLinguisticFamily, Yana language family]
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A.
Yukian languages
The Yukian languages are a small, proposed family of indigenous languages once spoken in northern California, primarily associated with the Yuki people.
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B.
Yuman language family
The Yuman language family is a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in the lower Colorado River region and adjacent areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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C.
Yalanjic languages
The Yalanjic languages are a small group of closely related Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken in northeastern Queensland.
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D.
Yaka languages
Yaka languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of Central Africa, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
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E.
Yok-Utian languages
The Yok-Utian languages are a proposed macro-family of Native American languages that groups together the Yokutsan and Utian (Miwok–Costanoan) language families of California based on shared linguistic features.
- 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: Yana language family Target entity description: The Yana language family is a small group of closely related, now-extinct Native American languages once spoken in north-central California, notable for its complex grammar and documentation through the speech of the last fluent speaker, Ishi.
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A.
Yukian languages
The Yukian languages are a small, proposed family of indigenous languages once spoken in northern California, primarily associated with the Yuki people.
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B.
Yuman language family
The Yuman language family is a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in the lower Colorado River region and adjacent areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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C.
Yalanjic languages
The Yalanjic languages are a small group of closely related Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken in northeastern Queensland.
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D.
Yaka languages
Yaka languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of Central Africa, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
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E.
Yok-Utian languages
The Yok-Utian languages are a proposed macro-family of Native American languages that groups together the Yokutsan and Utian (Miwok–Costanoan) language families of California based on shared linguistic features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.