Sekani language
E350872
First Nations language
Indigenous language of North America
Northern Athabaskan language
endangered language
The Sekani language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Sekani people of north-central British Columbia, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sekani language canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3357059 — 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: Sekani language Context triple: [Northern Athabaskan languages, hasMember, Sekani language]
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A.
Semai language
The Semai language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Semai people, an indigenous Orang Asli group in Peninsular Malaysia.
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B.
Kitanemuk language
The Kitanemuk language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Kitanemuk people of Southern California.
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C.
Mikasuki language
The Mikasuki language is a Native American Muskogean language traditionally spoken by the Miccosukee and Seminole peoples of Florida.
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D.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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E.
Sakizaya language
The Sakizaya language is an indigenous Austronesian language spoken by the Sakizaya people of eastern Taiwan.
- 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: Sekani language Target entity description: The Sekani language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Sekani people of north-central British Columbia, Canada.
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A.
Semai language
The Semai language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Semai people, an indigenous Orang Asli group in Peninsular Malaysia.
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B.
Kitanemuk language
The Kitanemuk language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Kitanemuk people of Southern California.
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C.
Mikasuki language
The Mikasuki language is a Native American Muskogean language traditionally spoken by the Miccosukee and Seminole peoples of Florida.
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D.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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E.
Sakizaya language
The Sakizaya language is an indigenous Austronesian language spoken by the Sakizaya people of eastern Taiwan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Nations language
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Sekani
ⓘ
Tsek’ehne ⓘ Tse’khene ⓘ
linked to:
Tsek’ehne
|
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Carrier language
ⓘ
Dane-zaa language ⓘ Kaska language ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| endangermentCause | language shift to English ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sekani people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family |
Athabaskan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Athabaskan
|
| glottocode | seka1264 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Sekani ⓘ |
| hasConsonantFeature |
ejective affricates
ⓘ
ejective stops ⓘ lateral fricatives ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Bear Lake Sekani
ⓘ
Finlay River Sekani ⓘ
linked to:
Finlay River
McLeod Lake Sekani ⓘ
linked to:
McLeod Lake
|
| hasResourceType |
audio recordings
ⓘ
dictionary ⓘ grammar description ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | sek ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Na-Dene language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Na-Dene
|
| languageFamily | Dené languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| morphologicalType |
polysynthetic
ⓘ
prefixing ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature | tone language ⓘ |
| region | north-central British Columbia ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community-based language programs
ⓘ
language documentation projects ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sekani First Nations communities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cultural education
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sekani language Description of subject: The Sekani language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Sekani people of north-central British Columbia, Canada.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.