Kashaya Pomo

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Pomoan language indigenous language of North America language

Kashaya Pomo is a distinct Pomoan language traditionally spoken by the Kashaya people of the Sonoma County region in northern California.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kashaya	7
Kashaya Pomo canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4158321 — 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: Kashaya Pomo
Context triple: [Pomo, hasDialect, Kashaya Pomo]

A. Kalampaka
Kalampaka is a town in central Greece best known as the gateway to the Meteora monasteries, a UNESCO World Heritage site built atop towering rock pillars.
B. Kapyong
Kapyong is a Korean War battlefield in South Korea renowned for a pivotal 1951 engagement in which outnumbered UN forces, including Canadian troops, halted a major Chinese offensive.
C. Pakurumo
Pakurumo is a popular Afrobeat song by Nigerian artist Wizkid, known for its upbeat rhythm and dance-friendly vibe.
D. Marangona
Marangona is the largest and most famous bell of St Mark's Campanile in Venice, traditionally used to mark the beginning and end of the working day and to signal important civic events.
E. Tashtego
Tashtego is a Native American harpooner from Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," serving aboard the whaling ship Pequod.
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: Kashaya Pomo
Target entity description: Kashaya Pomo is a distinct Pomoan language traditionally spoken by the Kashaya people of the Sonoma County region in northern California.

A. Kalampaka
Kalampaka is a town in central Greece best known as the gateway to the Meteora monasteries, a UNESCO World Heritage site built atop towering rock pillars.
B. Kapyong
Kapyong is a Korean War battlefield in South Korea renowned for a pivotal 1951 engagement in which outnumbered UN forces, including Canadian troops, halted a major Chinese offensive.
C. Pakurumo
Pakurumo is a popular Afrobeat song by Nigerian artist Wizkid, known for its upbeat rhythm and dance-friendly vibe.
D. Marangona
Marangona is the largest and most famous bell of St Mark's Campanile in Venice, traditionally used to mark the beginning and end of the working day and to signal important civic events.
E. Tashtego
Tashtego is a Native American harpooner from Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," serving aboard the whaling ship Pequod.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pomoan language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ language ⓘ
associatedPeople	Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Central Pomo NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Pomo NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Pomo NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalDomain	Kashaya traditional knowledge ⓘ oral literature ⓘ place names in Sonoma County ⓘ
documentedBy	Robert Oswalt ⓘ
endonym	Kashaya Pomo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kashaya
hasAlternativeName	Kashaya Pomo ⓘ surface form: Kashaya Kashia Pomo ⓘ Southwestern Pomo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialects	no widely recognized distinct dialects ⓘ
hasGrammarDescription	A Grammar of Kashaya by Robert L. Oswalt ⓘ
hasLexicographicWork	Kashaya-English dictionary materials by Robert Oswalt ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	complex verbal morphology ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ suffixing morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	complex consonant clusters ⓘ contrastive glottalization ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	relatively free word order ⓘ verb-final tendencies in some constructions ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	kju ⓘ
languageFamily	Hokan (proposed) ⓘ Pomo ⓘ surface form: Pomoan
numberOfSpeakers	fewer than 100 (approximate, 21st century) ⓘ
region	Northern California ⓘ surface form: northern California
revitalizationEfforts	community language classes ⓘ documentation and archiving projects ⓘ
spokenBy	Kashaya people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Sonoma County NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
status	endangered ⓘ
subclassOf	Pomoan languages ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Sonoma Coast AVA ⓘ surface form: Sonoma County coast Stewarts Point area ⓘ
usedFor	ceremonial speech ⓘ everyday communication among Kashaya elders ⓘ traditional narratives ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pomo → hasDialect → Kashaya Pomo ⓘ

Southern Pomo → relatedGroup → Kashaya Pomo ⓘ

Pomoan languages → hasMember → Kashaya Pomo ⓘ