Lower Umpqua language
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The Lower Umpqua language is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest traditionally spoken by the Lower Umpqua (Siuslaw) people of Oregon, now critically endangered with very few or no fluent speakers remaining.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lower Umpqua language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17825881 — 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: Lower Umpqua language Context triple: [Upper Umpqua language, neighboringLanguage, Lower Umpqua language]
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A.
Upper Umpqua language
The Upper Umpqua language is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Upper Umpqua people of southwestern Oregon.
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B.
Umatilla language
The Umatilla language is a critically endangered Sahaptin language of the Indigenous Umatilla people of the Pacific Northwest, now the focus of revitalization and preservation efforts.
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C.
Klamath–Modoc language
The Klamath–Modoc language is an endangered Native American language traditionally spoken by the Klamath and Modoc peoples of southern Oregon and northern California.
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D.
Kalapuyan languages
The Kalapuyan languages are a small group of closely related, now mostly extinct Native American languages once spoken in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon.
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E.
Chehalis language
The Chehalis language is a now-extinct Salishan language once spoken by the Chehalis people of western Washington State in the Pacific Northwest.
- 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: Lower Umpqua language Target entity description: The Lower Umpqua language is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest traditionally spoken by the Lower Umpqua (Siuslaw) people of Oregon, now critically endangered with very few or no fluent speakers remaining.
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A.
Upper Umpqua language
The Upper Umpqua language is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Upper Umpqua people of southwestern Oregon.
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B.
Umatilla language
The Umatilla language is a critically endangered Sahaptin language of the Indigenous Umatilla people of the Pacific Northwest, now the focus of revitalization and preservation efforts.
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C.
Klamath–Modoc language
The Klamath–Modoc language is an endangered Native American language traditionally spoken by the Klamath and Modoc peoples of southern Oregon and northern California.
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D.
Kalapuyan languages
The Kalapuyan languages are a small group of closely related, now mostly extinct Native American languages once spoken in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon.
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E.
Chehalis language
The Chehalis language is a now-extinct Salishan language once spoken by the Chehalis people of western Washington State in the Pacific Northwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.