Thompson River Salish
E496892
Thompson River Salish is an Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by the Nlaka'pamux people of British Columbia, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thompson River Salish canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4992814 — 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: Thompson River Salish Context triple: [Salishan languages, hasLanguage, Thompson River Salish]
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A.
Chilcotin River
The Chilcotin River is a significant river in British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Chilcotin Plateau and supporting diverse ecosystems and Indigenous communities before joining the Fraser River.
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B.
Nechako River
The Nechako River is a significant river in central British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Interior Plateau and supporting regional ecosystems, communities, and hydroelectric developments.
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C.
Thompson River
The Thompson River is a major river in British Columbia, Canada, known for its role in the province’s interior drainage system and its confluence with the Fraser River near Lytton.
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D.
Bella Coola River
The Bella Coola River is a major river in British Columbia, Canada, flowing westward through coastal mountains to the Pacific Ocean and supporting rich ecosystems and Indigenous communities along its course.
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E.
Okanagan River
The Okanagan River is a major waterway in British Columbia and Washington State that drains Okanagan Lake and flows south into the Columbia River, supporting agriculture, ecosystems, and communities along its course.
- 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: Thompson River Salish Target entity description: Thompson River Salish is an Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by the Nlaka'pamux people of British Columbia, Canada.
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A.
Chilcotin River
The Chilcotin River is a significant river in British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Chilcotin Plateau and supporting diverse ecosystems and Indigenous communities before joining the Fraser River.
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B.
Nechako River
The Nechako River is a significant river in central British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Interior Plateau and supporting regional ecosystems, communities, and hydroelectric developments.
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C.
Thompson River
The Thompson River is a major river in British Columbia, Canada, known for its role in the province’s interior drainage system and its confluence with the Fraser River near Lytton.
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D.
Bella Coola River
The Bella Coola River is a major river in British Columbia, Canada, flowing westward through coastal mountains to the Pacific Ocean and supporting rich ecosystems and Indigenous communities along its course.
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E.
Okanagan River
The Okanagan River is a major waterway in British Columbia and Washington State that drains Okanagan Lake and flows south into the Columbia River, supporting agriculture, ecosystems, and communities along its course.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Interior Salish language
ⓘ
indigenous language of North America ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Nlaka'pamuctsin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ntlakapmuk NERFINISHED ⓘ Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ Thompson language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Nlaka'pamux Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
central to Nlaka'pamux identity
ⓘ
vehicle for transmission of traditional knowledge ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguists specializing in Salishan languages ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Nlaka'pamux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | regional varieties along the Fraser and Thompson Rivers ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | thom1248 ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | practical orthographies developed in the 20th century ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ejective consonants
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | predicate-initial word order tendencies ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | thp ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Interior Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Pacific Northwest linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Lillooet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Okanagan NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuswap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Interior Salish subgroup of the Salishan family ⓘ |
| primaryLocation | south-central British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Thompson River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community-based language programs
ⓘ
language classes in Nlaka'pamux communities ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Salishan language ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers | Nlaka'pamux people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Nlaka'pamux communities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
oral history ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| usedIn | community signage in some Nlaka'pamux areas ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thompson River Salish Description of subject: Thompson River Salish is an Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by the Nlaka'pamux people of British Columbia, Canada.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.