Southern Interior Salish languages
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Southern Interior Salish languages are a subgroup of the Interior Salish branch of the Salishan language family, traditionally spoken in parts of the interior Pacific Northwest of North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Southern Interior Salish languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20329018 — 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: Southern Interior Salish languages Context triple: [Interior Salish languages, hasSubgroup, Southern Interior Salish languages]
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A.
Northern Interior Salish languages
Northern Interior Salish languages are a subgroup of the Interior Salish branch of the Salishan language family, traditionally spoken in the interior regions of British Columbia and adjacent areas.
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B.
Interior Salish languages
Interior Salish languages are a branch of the Salishan language family spoken primarily in the interior regions of British Columbia and the northwestern United States by various Indigenous peoples.
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C.
Central Coast Salish languages
Central Coast Salish languages are a subgroup of the Coast Salish branch of the Salishan language family, traditionally spoken by Indigenous communities along the central coast of British Columbia and Washington State.
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D.
Coast Salish languages
Coast Salish languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages of the Salishan family traditionally spoken in coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest, including parts of British Columbia and Washington State.
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E.
Northern Straits Salish
Northern Straits Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by several Coast Salish communities in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound region of 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: Southern Interior Salish languages Target entity description: Southern Interior Salish languages are a subgroup of the Interior Salish branch of the Salishan language family, traditionally spoken in parts of the interior Pacific Northwest of North America.
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A.
Northern Interior Salish languages
Northern Interior Salish languages are a subgroup of the Interior Salish branch of the Salishan language family, traditionally spoken in the interior regions of British Columbia and adjacent areas.
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B.
Interior Salish languages
Interior Salish languages are a branch of the Salishan language family spoken primarily in the interior regions of British Columbia and the northwestern United States by various Indigenous peoples.
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C.
Central Coast Salish languages
Central Coast Salish languages are a subgroup of the Coast Salish branch of the Salishan language family, traditionally spoken by Indigenous communities along the central coast of British Columbia and Washington State.
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D.
Coast Salish languages
Coast Salish languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages of the Salishan family traditionally spoken in coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest, including parts of British Columbia and Washington State.
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E.
Northern Straits Salish
Northern Straits Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by several Coast Salish communities in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.