Kashaya Pomo
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Kashaya Pomo is a distinct Pomoan language traditionally spoken by the Kashaya people of the Sonoma County region in northern California.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kashaya | 10 |
| Kashaya Pomo canonical | 4 |
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]
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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.
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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.
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C.
Pakurumo
Pakurumo is a popular Afrobeat song by Nigerian artist Wizkid, known for its upbeat rhythm and dance-friendly vibe.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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C.
Pakurumo
Pakurumo is a popular Afrobeat song by Nigerian artist Wizkid, known for its upbeat rhythm and dance-friendly vibe.
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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.
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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
ⓘ
Northern Pomo ⓘ Southern Pomo ⓘ |
| culturalDomain |
Kashaya traditional knowledge
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ place names in Sonoma County ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Robert Oswalt ⓘ |
| endonym |
Kashaya
ⓘ
linked to:
Kashaya Pomo
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Kashaya
ⓘ
linked to:
Kashaya Pomo
Kashia Pomo ⓘ Southwestern Pomo ⓘ |
| 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)
ⓘ
Pomoan ⓘ
linked to:
Pomo
|
| numberOfSpeakers | fewer than 100 (approximate, 21st century) ⓘ |
| region |
northern California
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern California
|
| revitalizationEfforts |
community language classes
ⓘ
documentation and archiving projects ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kashaya people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Sonoma County ⓘ
linked to:
Sonoma County, California
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Pomoan languages ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Sonoma County coast
ⓘ
linked to:
Sonoma Coast AVA
Stewarts Point area ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
everyday communication among Kashaya elders ⓘ traditional narratives ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kashaya Pomo Description of subject: 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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