Proto-Hokan
E1302604
UNEXPLORED
Proto-Hokan is a hypothesized ancestral language reconstructed to explain similarities among several Native American languages of the western United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Proto-Hokan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18040656 — 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: Proto-Hokan Context triple: [New River Shasta, hasAncestor, Proto-Hokan]
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A.
Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan
Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan is the reconstructed ancestral language from which all Southern Uto-Aztecan languages are derived.
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B.
Proto-Uto-Aztecan
Proto-Uto-Aztecan is the reconstructed common ancestor language from which all modern Uto-Aztecan languages are derived.
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C.
Uto-Aztecan
Uto-Aztecan is a large Native American language family of the Western United States and Mexico that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and Ute.
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D.
Proto-Athabaskan language
Proto-Athabaskan language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Athabaskan language family, from which languages like Chipewyan and many others in North America are derived.
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E.
Proto-Numic
Proto-Numic is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, from which varieties like Southern Numic descended.
- 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: Proto-Hokan Target entity description: Proto-Hokan is a hypothesized ancestral language reconstructed to explain similarities among several Native American languages of the western United States.
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A.
Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan
Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan is the reconstructed ancestral language from which all Southern Uto-Aztecan languages are derived.
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B.
Proto-Uto-Aztecan
Proto-Uto-Aztecan is the reconstructed common ancestor language from which all modern Uto-Aztecan languages are derived.
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C.
Uto-Aztecan
Uto-Aztecan is a large Native American language family of the Western United States and Mexico that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and Ute.
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D.
Proto-Athabaskan language
Proto-Athabaskan language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Athabaskan language family, from which languages like Chipewyan and many others in North America are derived.
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E.
Proto-Numic
Proto-Numic is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, from which varieties like Southern Numic descended.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.