Akimel O’odham language
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The Akimel O’odham language is a Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Akimel O’odham (Pima) people of the Gila and Salt River regions in the southwestern United States.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Akimel O’odham language canonical | 3 |
| O’odham language | 2 |
| Akimel O'odham language | 1 |
| Akimel Oʼodham language | 1 |
| Akimel O’otham dialect of O’odham | 1 |
| O'odham language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2998217 — 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: Akimel O’odham language Context triple: [Pima, alternateName, Akimel O’odham language]
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A.
Maricopa language
Maricopa language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Maricopa people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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B.
Chiricahua language
The Chiricahua language is an Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Chiricahua Apache people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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C.
Yavapai language
The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.
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D.
Havasupai–Hualapai language
The Havasupai–Hualapai language is an indigenous Yuman language spoken by the Havasupai and Hualapai peoples of northwestern Arizona.
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E.
Cocopah language
The Cocopah language is a Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Cocopah people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
- 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: Akimel O’odham language Target entity description: The Akimel O’odham language is a Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Akimel O’odham (Pima) people of the Gila and Salt River regions in the southwestern United States.
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A.
Maricopa language
Maricopa language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Maricopa people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
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B.
Chiricahua language
The Chiricahua language is an Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Chiricahua Apache people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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C.
Yavapai language
The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.
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D.
Havasupai–Hualapai language
The Havasupai–Hualapai language is an indigenous Yuman language spoken by the Havasupai and Hualapai peoples of northwestern Arizona.
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E.
Cocopah language
The Cocopah language is a Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Cocopah people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Akimel O'odham
ⓘ
surface form:
Akimel O’odham
Pima language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | North America ⓘ |
| branch | Tepiman branch ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
O’odham language continuum
ⓘ
Tohono Oʼodham language ⓘ
surface form:
Tohono O’odham language
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Pima people
ⓘ
surface form:
Akimel O’odham people
Pima people ⓘ |
| family |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan language family
|
| glottocode | akim1238 ⓘ |
| hasDomain | indigenous knowledge systems ⓘ |
| hasEndonym |
Akimel O'odham
ⓘ
surface form:
Akimel O’odham
|
| hasExonym | Pima ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticAncestor | Proto-Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Akimel O’odham traditional culture ⓘ |
| hasTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | pim ⓘ |
| isPartOf | O’odham linguistic varieties ⓘ |
| isTaughtAt |
tribal schools in Gila River Indian Community
ⓘ
tribal schools in Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| region |
Sonoran Desert
ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern United States
|
| revitalizationEfforts |
community-based language programs
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ school-based language classes ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Arizona
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subfamily | Northern Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Gila River region
ⓘ
Salt River region ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Gila River Indian Community
ⓘ
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
oral narratives ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Akimel O’odham language Description of subject: The Akimel O’odham language is a Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Akimel O’odham (Pima) people of the Gila and Salt River regions in the southwestern United States.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
O’odham language
this entity surface form:
O’odham language
this entity surface form:
Akimel O’otham dialect of O’odham
this entity surface form:
Akimel Oʼodham language
this entity surface form:
O'odham language
this entity surface form:
Akimel O'odham language