Northern Pomo
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Northern Pomo is an extinct Pomoan language variety once spoken by the Pomo people in northern California.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northern Pomo canonical | 6 |
| Northern Pomo language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4158316 — 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: Northern Pomo Context triple: [Pomo, hasDialect, Northern Pomo]
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A.
Plains Miwok
Plains Miwok are a Native American people of central California, traditionally inhabiting the lower Sacramento Valley and known for their distinct Miwokan language and cultural practices.
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B.
Southern Pomo
Southern Pomo is a Native American people indigenous to what is now Northern California, traditionally inhabiting areas around the Russian River and nearby coastal regions.
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C.
Western Miwok
Western Miwok is a now-extinct Native American language formerly spoken by the Coast Miwok people of northern California.
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D.
Coast Miwok
The Coast Miwok are an Indigenous people of what is now Marin and southern Sonoma counties in Northern California, known for their rich cultural traditions, coastal village life, and deep ties to the region’s land and waterways.
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E.
Sierra Miwok
The Sierra Miwok are a Native American people of central California, traditionally inhabiting the Sierra Nevada foothills and known for their distinct Miwokan language and rich cultural traditions.
- 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: Northern Pomo Target entity description: Northern Pomo is an extinct Pomoan language variety once spoken by the Pomo people in northern California.
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A.
Plains Miwok
Plains Miwok are a Native American people of central California, traditionally inhabiting the lower Sacramento Valley and known for their distinct Miwokan language and cultural practices.
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B.
Southern Pomo
Southern Pomo is a Native American people indigenous to what is now Northern California, traditionally inhabiting areas around the Russian River and nearby coastal regions.
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C.
Western Miwok
Western Miwok is a now-extinct Native American language formerly spoken by the Coast Miwok people of northern California.
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D.
Coast Miwok
The Coast Miwok are an Indigenous people of what is now Marin and southern Sonoma counties in Northern California, known for their rich cultural traditions, coastal village life, and deep ties to the region’s land and waterways.
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E.
Sierra Miwok
The Sierra Miwok are a Native American people of central California, traditionally inhabiting the Sierra Nevada foothills and known for their distinct Miwokan language and rich cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pomoan language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ indigenous language of California ⓘ |
| associatedWithCounty |
Mendocino County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sonoma County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithReservation | Redwood Valley Rancheria ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedBy | linguists ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
archival recordings
ⓘ
grammatical descriptions ⓘ lexicons ⓘ |
| endonym | Northern Pomo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Pomo ⓘ |
| glottocode | nort2960 ⓘ |
| hasDialects | no widely recognized internal dialects ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
agglutinative
ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Central Pomo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wappo ⓘ Yuki ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEfforts | limited documentation-based efforts ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Central Pomo
ⓘ
Eastern Pomo ONNED1 ⓘ Kashaya Pomo ⓘ
surface form:
Kashaya
Southeastern Pomo NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Pomo ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | pej ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Hokan (proposed) ⓘ |
| languageCodeType | ISO 639-3 ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pomoan languages ⓘ |
| languageOf |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
songs ⓘ traditional narratives ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo | English ⓘ |
| morphologyType | polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ |
| region |
Redwood Valley, California
ⓘ
surface form:
Redwood Valley
Russian River Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Russian River area
Ukiah ⓘ
surface form:
Ukiah area
|
| spokenBy | Pomo people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Northern California ⓘ
surface form:
northern California
|
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Pomoan ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Northern Pomo Description of subject: Northern Pomo is an extinct Pomoan language variety once spoken by the Pomo people in northern California.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Northern Pomo language