Clackamas language
E1351857
UNEXPLORED
Clackamas language is an extinct Native American language of the Chinookan family once spoken along the Clackamas River in northwestern Oregon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clackamas language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18947215 — 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: Clackamas language Context triple: [Clackamas, traditionalLanguage, Clackamas language]
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A.
Clatsop-Nehalem language
The Clatsop-Nehalem language is an extinct Chinookan language once spoken by the Clatsop and Nehalem (Tillamook) peoples of the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States.
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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.
Siuslaw language
The Siuslaw language is an extinct Native American language once spoken along the central Oregon coast, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
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D.
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.
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E.
Cowlitz language
The Cowlitz language is an Indigenous Salishan language of the Pacific Northwest historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of what is now southwestern Washington State.
- 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: Clackamas language Target entity description: Clackamas language is an extinct Native American language of the Chinookan family once spoken along the Clackamas River in northwestern Oregon.
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A.
Clatsop-Nehalem language
The Clatsop-Nehalem language is an extinct Chinookan language once spoken by the Clatsop and Nehalem (Tillamook) peoples of the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States.
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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.
Siuslaw language
The Siuslaw language is an extinct Native American language once spoken along the central Oregon coast, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
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D.
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.
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E.
Cowlitz language
The Cowlitz language is an Indigenous Salishan language of the Pacific Northwest historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of what is now southwestern Washington State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.