Eastern Mayan
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UNEXPLORED
Eastern Mayan is a branch of the Mayan language family comprising several closely related indigenous languages spoken primarily in parts of Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eastern Mayan canonical | 1 |
| Eastern Mayan (in some classifications) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20072941 — 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: Eastern Mayan Context triple: [Itzaʼ language, languageFamilyBranch, Eastern Mayan]
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A.
Western Maya
Western Maya is a branch of the Mayan language family that encompasses several closely related indigenous languages spoken in the western highlands and surrounding regions of Mesoamerica.
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B.
Eastern Kʼicheʼ
Eastern Kʼicheʼ is a regional variety of the Kʼicheʼ Mayan language spoken by indigenous communities in the eastern highlands of Guatemala.
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C.
Southern Kʼicheʼ
Southern Kʼicheʼ is a regional variety of the Kʼicheʼ Mayan language spoken by indigenous communities in the southern highlands of Guatemala.
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D.
Western Kʼicheʼ
Western Kʼicheʼ is a regional variety of the Kʼicheʼ Mayan language spoken primarily in the western highlands of Guatemala.
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E.
Lowland Maya
The Lowland Maya were ancient Maya peoples who inhabited the tropical lowland regions of present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and western Honduras, known for their sophisticated cities, monumental architecture, and complex writing and calendar systems.
- 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: Eastern Mayan Target entity description: Eastern Mayan is a branch of the Mayan language family comprising several closely related indigenous languages spoken primarily in parts of Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico.
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A.
Western Maya
Western Maya is a branch of the Mayan language family that encompasses several closely related indigenous languages spoken in the western highlands and surrounding regions of Mesoamerica.
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B.
Eastern Kʼicheʼ
Eastern Kʼicheʼ is a regional variety of the Kʼicheʼ Mayan language spoken by indigenous communities in the eastern highlands of Guatemala.
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C.
Southern Kʼicheʼ
Southern Kʼicheʼ is a regional variety of the Kʼicheʼ Mayan language spoken by indigenous communities in the southern highlands of Guatemala.
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D.
Western Kʼicheʼ
Western Kʼicheʼ is a regional variety of the Kʼicheʼ Mayan language spoken primarily in the western highlands of Guatemala.
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E.
Lowland Maya
The Lowland Maya were ancient Maya peoples who inhabited the tropical lowland regions of present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and western Honduras, known for their sophisticated cities, monumental architecture, and complex writing and calendar systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eastern Mayan