Botocudo (Krenák) languages
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The Botocudo (Krenák) languages are an indigenous South American language group historically spoken by the Krenák (Botocudo) peoples of eastern Brazil, now critically endangered or nearly extinct.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Botocudo (Krenák) languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20016195 — 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: Botocudo (Krenák) languages Context triple: [Macro-Jê languages, hasSubfamily, Botocudo (Krenák) languages]
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A.
Kurumba languages
The Kurumba languages are a group of closely related Dravidian tribal languages spoken primarily by the Kurumba people in parts of southern India, especially in the Nilgiri and surrounding hill regions.
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B.
Nambikwara languages
The Nambikwara languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken by the Nambikwara peoples of western Brazil, known for their typological diversity and significance in Amazonian linguistic studies.
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C.
Tucanoan languages
The Tucanoan languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in the northwestern Amazon Basin of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru, known for complex evidentiality systems and extensive multilingualism among their speakers.
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D.
Puruborá languages
The Puruborá languages are a small, poorly documented branch of the Tupian language family once spoken by the Puruborá people of the Brazilian Amazon.
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E.
Witotoan languages
The Witotoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily by the Witoto and related peoples in the northwestern Amazon region of Colombia and Peru.
- 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: Botocudo (Krenák) languages Target entity description: The Botocudo (Krenák) languages are an indigenous South American language group historically spoken by the Krenák (Botocudo) peoples of eastern Brazil, now critically endangered or nearly extinct.
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A.
Kurumba languages
The Kurumba languages are a group of closely related Dravidian tribal languages spoken primarily by the Kurumba people in parts of southern India, especially in the Nilgiri and surrounding hill regions.
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B.
Nambikwara languages
The Nambikwara languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken by the Nambikwara peoples of western Brazil, known for their typological diversity and significance in Amazonian linguistic studies.
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C.
Tucanoan languages
The Tucanoan languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in the northwestern Amazon Basin of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru, known for complex evidentiality systems and extensive multilingualism among their speakers.
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D.
Puruborá languages
The Puruborá languages are a small, poorly documented branch of the Tupian language family once spoken by the Puruborá people of the Brazilian Amazon.
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E.
Witotoan languages
The Witotoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily by the Witoto and related peoples in the northwestern Amazon region of Colombia and Peru.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.