Shoshoni language
E320998
Shoshoni language is a Native American language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family, traditionally spoken by the Shoshone people in the western United States.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shoshoni language canonical | 11 |
| Shoshone language | 5 |
| Eastern Shoshoni dialect | 1 |
| Goshute dialect of Shoshoni | 1 |
| Goshute language | 1 |
| Northern Shoshoni dialect | 1 |
| Shoshoni language dictionary | 1 |
| Timbisha language | 1 |
| Western Shoshoni dialect | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3042575 — 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.
Target entity: Shoshoni language Context triple: [Northern Uto-Aztecan, containsLanguage, Shoshoni language]
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A.
Cheyenne language
Cheyenne language is a Native American language of the Algonquian family traditionally spoken by the Cheyenne people of the Great Plains, particularly in Montana and Oklahoma.
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B.
Arapaho language
The Arapaho language is an endangered Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Arapaho people of the Great Plains, primarily in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
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C.
Hidatsa language
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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D.
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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E.
Comanche language
The Comanche language is a Native American Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Comanche people of the southern Plains, now critically endangered with few fluent speakers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Shoshoni language Target entity description: Shoshoni language is a Native American language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family, traditionally spoken by the Shoshone people in the western United States.
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A.
Cheyenne language
Cheyenne language is a Native American language of the Algonquian family traditionally spoken by the Cheyenne people of the Great Plains, particularly in Montana and Oklahoma.
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B.
Arapaho language
The Arapaho language is an endangered Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Arapaho people of the Great Plains, primarily in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
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C.
Hidatsa language
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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D.
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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E.
Comanche language
The Comanche language is a Native American Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Comanche people of the southern Plains, now critically endangered with few fluent speakers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Comanche language
ⓘ
Gosiute dialect ⓘ
surface form:
Gosiute language
Timbisha language ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Shoshone people ⓘ |
| glottocode | shos1248 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Shoshoni language
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Shoshoni dialect
Gosiute dialect ⓘ Shoshoni language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Shoshoni dialect
Timbisha language ⓘ
surface form:
Panamint (Timbisha) dialect
Shoshoni language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Western Shoshoni dialect
|
| hasFeature |
postpositions
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ switch-reference system ⓘ tone or pitch accent ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasResource |
Shoshoni language
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Shoshoni language dictionary
Shoshoni language grammar ⓘ Shoshoni language textbooks ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationProgram |
language immersion classes
ⓘ
university-based language courses ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Central Numic
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Numic languages
|
| languageCodeISO639-2 | shh ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | shh ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan language family
|
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | several thousand ⓘ |
| region |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Idaho ⓘ Nevada ⓘ Utah ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ western United States ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Numic branch ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Great Basin College
ⓘ
Idaho State University ⓘ University of Utah ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
ⓘ
Eastern Shoshone Tribe ⓘ Goshute people ⓘ Shoshone-Bannock Tribes ⓘ Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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Subject: Shoshoni language Description of subject: Shoshoni language is a Native American language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family, traditionally spoken by the Shoshone people in the western United States.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.