Northern Patwin language
E466564
The Northern Patwin language is an extinct Wintuan language once spoken by the Patwin people of north-central California.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northern Patwin | 2 |
| Northern Patwin language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4723453 — 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 Patwin language Context triple: [Wintuan languages, hasPart, Northern Patwin language]
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A.
Southern Patwin language
The Southern Patwin language is an extinct Wintuan language once spoken by the Patwin people of north-central California.
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B.
Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
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C.
Yokutsan languages
Yokutsan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Yokuts people of California’s Central Valley.
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D.
Shasta language
The Shasta language is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Shasta people of northern California and southern Oregon, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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E.
Kalapuyan languages
The Kalapuyan languages are a small group of closely related, now mostly extinct Native American languages once spoken in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon.
- 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 Patwin language Target entity description: The Northern Patwin language is an extinct Wintuan language once spoken by the Patwin people of north-central California.
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A.
Southern Patwin language
The Southern Patwin language is an extinct Wintuan language once spoken by the Patwin people of north-central California.
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B.
Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
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C.
Yokutsan languages
Yokutsan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Yokuts people of California’s Central Valley.
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D.
Shasta language
The Shasta language is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Shasta people of northern California and southern Oregon, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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E.
Kalapuyan languages
The Kalapuyan languages are a small group of closely related, now mostly extinct Native American languages once spoken in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Wintuan language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| category |
Extinct languages of North America
ⓘ
Indigenous languages of California ⓘ Wintuan languages ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Nomlaki language
ⓘ
Southern Patwin language ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| documentedBy |
linguist Victor Golla
ⓘ
linguist William Shipley ⓘ |
| documentedIn | field notes and wordlists ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Patwin people
ⓘ
linked to:
Patwin peoples
|
| family | Wintuan ⓘ |
| glottocode | nort2960 ⓘ |
| glottologName |
Northern Patwin
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Patwin language
|
| hasAlternateName |
Northern Patwin
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Patwin language
Northern Patwin Wintun ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Wintuan
ⓘ
linked to:
Wintuan languages
|
| hasDialect |
Capay Valley dialect
ⓘ
Colusa dialect ⓘ Stony Creek dialect ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
case-marking on nouns
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ rich pronominal system ⓘ verb-final word order (tendency) ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
archival recordings
ⓘ
lexical lists ⓘ unpublished field notes ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | pnu ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Penutian (proposed)
ⓘ
linked to:
Penutian languages
|
| languageOf | traditional narratives of the Patwin people ⓘ |
| partOf | Wintuan languages ⓘ |
| region | north-central California ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Patwin people before language shift ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Colusa County region
ⓘ
linked to:
Colusa County
Putah Creek area ⓘ
linked to:
Putah Creek Canyon
Sacramento Valley ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Patwin language ⓘ |
| timeDepthOfDocumentation | late 19th to 20th century ⓘ |
| usedBy | Patwin communities along the Sacramento River ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional ceremonies (historically) ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Northern Patwin language Description of subject: The Northern Patwin language is an extinct Wintuan language once spoken by the Patwin people of north-central California.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Northern Patwin language
linked to: Northern Patwin language