Salinan language family
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The Salinan language family is a small group of closely related, now-extinct Native American languages once spoken by the Salinan people in central California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salinan language family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4272306 — 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: Salinan language family Context triple: [Indigenous peoples of California, languageFamily, Salinan language family]
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A.
Takic languages
Takic languages are a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family spoken historically in Southern California and neighboring regions by various Indigenous peoples.
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B.
Katuic languages
Katuic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Laos, Vietnam, and neighboring regions by various indigenous ethnic groups.
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C.
Moru–Madi languages
The Moru–Madi languages are a subgroup of related Central Sudanic languages spoken primarily in South Sudan, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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D.
Pearic languages
Pearic languages are a small, endangered branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by indigenous Pearic communities in Cambodia and nearby regions.
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E.
Zanian languages
Zanian languages are a small group of closely related Kartvelian languages spoken primarily in western Georgia, including Mingrelian and Laz.
- 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: Salinan language family Target entity description: The Salinan language family is a small group of closely related, now-extinct Native American languages once spoken by the Salinan people in central California.
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A.
Takic languages
Takic languages are a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family spoken historically in Southern California and neighboring regions by various Indigenous peoples.
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B.
Katuic languages
Katuic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Laos, Vietnam, and neighboring regions by various indigenous ethnic groups.
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C.
Moru–Madi languages
The Moru–Madi languages are a subgroup of related Central Sudanic languages spoken primarily in South Sudan, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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D.
Pearic languages
Pearic languages are a small, endangered branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by indigenous Pearic communities in Cambodia and nearby regions.
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E.
Zanian languages
Zanian languages are a small group of closely related Kartvelian languages spoken primarily in western Georgia, including Mingrelian and Laz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| associatedWithMission |
Mission San Antonio de Padua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mission San Miguel Arcángel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | controversial ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Antoniaño dialect
ⓘ
Migueleño dialect ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalArea | California cultural area ⓘ |
| documentedBy | J. Alden Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Handbook of American Indian Languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Salinan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Salinas River valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Coast Ranges of California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | sali1253 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologName | Salinan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grammaticalFeature |
case-marking by suffixes
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ derivational verbal prefixes ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | sln ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Antoniaño dialect
ⓘ
Migueleño dialect ⓘ Salinan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| languageEndangerment | moribund by early 20th century ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | small family ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | pre-contact California ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | suffixing ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Chumashan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Costanoan (Ohlone) languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokutsan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedToBelongTo | Hokan stock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructionStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| region | central California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Salinan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Hokan languages
ⓘ
indigenous languages of California ⓘ |
| usedFor |
oral tradition
ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Salinan language family Description of subject: The Salinan language family is a small group of closely related, now-extinct Native American languages once spoken by the Salinan people in central California.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.