Hidatsa language
E291021
The Hidatsa language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Hidatsa people of the Northern Plains, closely related to Crow and part of the Siouan language family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hidatsa language canonical | 3 |
| Apsáalooke language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2593785 — 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: Hidatsa language Context triple: [Siouan languages, majorLanguage, Hidatsa language]
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A.
Assiniboine language
The Assiniboine language is an Indigenous Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Assiniboine people of the Northern Plains in North America.
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B.
Osage language
The Osage language is a Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Osage people of the central United States, now the focus of revitalization and preservation efforts.
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C.
Dakota language
The Dakota language is a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota (Eastern Sioux) people of the Northern Plains region of North America.
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D.
Gros Ventre language
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
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E.
Lakota language
The Lakota language is a Native American Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people, known for its rich oral tradition and ongoing revitalization efforts.
- 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: Hidatsa language Target entity description: The Hidatsa language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Hidatsa people of the Northern Plains, closely related to Crow and part of the Siouan language family.
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A.
Assiniboine language
The Assiniboine language is an Indigenous Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Assiniboine people of the Northern Plains in North America.
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B.
Osage language
The Osage language is a Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Osage people of the central United States, now the focus of revitalization and preservation efforts.
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C.
Dakota language
The Dakota language is a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota (Eastern Sioux) people of the Northern Plains region of North America.
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D.
Gros Ventre language
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
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E.
Lakota language
The Lakota language is a Native American Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people, known for its rich oral tradition and ongoing revitalization efforts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Siouan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternateName | Hiraacá language ⓘ |
| associatedTribe | Three Affiliated Tribes ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Crow–Hidatsa branch
ⓘ
surface form:
Missouri River Siouan subgroup
|
| closelyRelatedTo | Crow language ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole | key marker of Hidatsa identity ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguists of the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Hidatsa people
ⓘ
surface form:
Hidatsa
|
| glottocode | hida1246 ⓘ |
| hasAlignment | nominative–accusative alignment ⓘ |
| hasCaseMarking | postpositional case marking ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse | heritage language instruction ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
gender-neutral pronouns
ⓘ
noun incorporation ⓘ postpositions ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Hidatsa nominal system
ⓘ
Hidatsa verb system ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | hid ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Western Siouan ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Siouan languages ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarityWith | Crow language ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakersEstimate | fewer than 100 speakers ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
nasalized vowels ⓘ tone or pitch accent ⓘ |
| region |
North Dakota
ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Plains
|
| revitalizationEffort |
community language programs
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ language classes in local schools ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Hidatsa people ⓘ |
| statusInCommunity | primarily spoken by elders ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Otoe
ⓘ
surface form:
Missouri River Siouan
|
| traditionalTerritory |
Missouri River Breaks region
ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Missouri River region
|
| usedFor |
oral storytelling
ⓘ
songs ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedIn | Fort Berthold Indian Reservation ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hidatsa language Description of subject: The Hidatsa language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Hidatsa people of the Northern Plains, closely related to Crow and part of the Siouan language family.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apsáalooke language