Nahuan languages
E29906
The Nahuan languages are a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes Nahuatl and related indigenous languages historically spoken by the Aztecs and other peoples of central Mexico.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nahuan languages canonical | 14 |
| Nahuatl | 12 |
| Classical Nahuatl | 7 |
| Nahuan | 4 |
| Nahua languages | 3 |
| Nahua language | 2 |
| Nahuatl language | 1 |
| Náhuatl | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T227244 — 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: Nahuan languages Context triple: [Mesoamerica, languageFamily, Nahuan languages]
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A.
Yuman–Cochimí languages
Yuman–Cochimí languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages historically spoken in the Baja California Peninsula and the lower Colorado River region of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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B.
Hokan languages
Hokan languages are a proposed but controversial grouping of several Native American language families of the western United States and Mexico that share certain typological and lexical similarities.
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C.
Quechan language
The Quechan language is a Native American language spoken by the Quechan (Yuma) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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D.
Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
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E.
Chemehuevi language
Chemehuevi language is a critically endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Chemehuevi people of the Great Basin region in the southwestern United States.
- 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: Nahuan languages Target entity description: The Nahuan languages are a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes Nahuatl and related indigenous languages historically spoken by the Aztecs and other peoples of central Mexico.
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A.
Yuman–Cochimí languages
Yuman–Cochimí languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages historically spoken in the Baja California Peninsula and the lower Colorado River region of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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B.
Hokan languages
Hokan languages are a proposed but controversial grouping of several Native American language families of the western United States and Mexico that share certain typological and lexical similarities.
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C.
Quechan language
The Quechan language is a Native American language spoken by the Quechan (Yuma) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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D.
Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
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E.
Chemehuevi language
Chemehuevi language is a critically endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Chemehuevi people of the Great Basin region in the southwestern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Uto-Aztecan languages
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Nahua
ⓘ
surface form:
Nahua peoples
|
| glottologCode | azte1234 ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Nahuan
ⓘ
Proto-Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
polysynthesis ⓘ |
| hasNotableVariety |
Classical Nahuatl
ⓘ
Modern Nahuatl ⓘ Nahua ⓘ
surface form:
Pipil
|
| hasPart |
Central Nahuatl
ⓘ
Classical Nahuatl ⓘ Eastern Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form:
Durango Nahuatl
Eastern Nahuatl ⓘ Eastern Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form:
Huasteca Nahuatl
Eastern Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form:
Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl
Michoacán Nahuatl ⓘ Nahuan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Nahuatl
Nahua ⓘ
surface form:
Pipil
Pochutec ⓘ Central Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form:
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Western Nahuatl ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
glottal stop phoneme
ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
head-marking
ⓘ
verb–subject–object word order (common) ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenBy |
Aztec Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Aztecs
Mexica ⓘ
surface form:
Mexica people
Toltec civilization ⓘ
surface form:
Toltecs
other Nahua peoples ⓘ |
| ISO639FamilyCode | nah ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan language family
|
| primaryCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| region |
Central America
ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central Mexico
ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subclassOf |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan languages
|
| subfamilyOf |
Southern Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Uto-Aztecan languages
|
| usedAs | lingua franca in Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Catholic missionary work in colonial New Spain
ⓘ
indigenous education in Mexico ⓘ |
| usedIn | Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Aztec pictographic writing
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nahuan languages Description of subject: The Nahuan languages are a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes Nahuatl and related indigenous languages historically spoken by the Aztecs and other peoples of central Mexico.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl language
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Náhuatl
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Classical Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Classical Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Classical Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Classical Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Classical Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Classical Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Classical Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl
this entity surface form:
Nahuatl
subject surface form:
Eastern Mexico
this entity surface form:
Nahua languages
subject surface form:
Southern Mexico
this entity surface form:
Nahua languages
this entity surface form:
Nahua languages
this entity surface form:
Nahua language
this entity surface form:
Nahuan
this entity surface form:
Nahuan
this entity surface form:
Nahua language
this entity surface form:
Nahuan
this entity surface form:
Nahuan