Itzaʼ language
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The Itzaʼ language is a critically endangered Mayan language of the Yucatecan branch, traditionally spoken by the Itza people of Guatemala’s Petén region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Itzaʼ language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5182064 — 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: Itzaʼ language Context triple: [Itza Maya, language, Itzaʼ language]
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A.
Opata language
The Opata language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico, particularly in the present-day state of Sonora.
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B.
Itawit language
The Itawit language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Itawit people in northern Luzon in the Philippines.
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C.
Garza language
The Garza language is an extinct and poorly documented indigenous language once spoken in what is now northeastern Mexico and southern Texas, generally classified within the Coahuiltecan language group.
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D.
Embera Katío language
Embera Katío language is an indigenous Chocoan language of Colombia spoken by the Embera Katío people, known for its rich oral tradition and endangered status.
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E.
Busoa language
The Busoa language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- 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: Itzaʼ language Target entity description: The Itzaʼ language is a critically endangered Mayan language of the Yucatecan branch, traditionally spoken by the Itza people of Guatemala’s Petén region.
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A.
Opata language
The Opata language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico, particularly in the present-day state of Sonora.
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B.
Itawit language
The Itawit language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Itawit people in northern Luzon in the Philippines.
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C.
Garza language
The Garza language is an extinct and poorly documented indigenous language once spoken in what is now northeastern Mexico and southern Texas, generally classified within the Coahuiltecan language group.
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D.
Embera Katío language
Embera Katío language is an indigenous Chocoan language of Colombia spoken by the Embera Katío people, known for its rich oral tradition and endangered status.
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E.
Busoa language
The Busoa language is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
Yucatecan language ⓘ critically endangered language ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Maya Itzaʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lake Petén Itzá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Yucatecan ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Lacandon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mopan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| culturalDomain |
Maya ritual practices
ⓘ
ethnobotanical knowledge ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguists ⓘ |
| endangermentLevel | severely moribund ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Itza people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | itza1241 ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder |
VOS
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VSO ⓘ |
| hasDialect | San José Itzaʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
aspect-based verbal system
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ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ noun classifiers ⓘ possessive classifiers ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom | Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
dictionaries
ⓘ
grammars ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| iso6393Code | itz ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Eastern Mayan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | very few fluent speakers ⓘ |
| primaryCommunity | San José, Petén NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO ⓘ |
| region | Petén region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | lowland Maya area ⓘ |
| shiftedTo | Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guatemala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Petén Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | critically endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Yucatecan branch ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers | Itza people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| usedBy | Itza elders ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Itzaʼ language Description of subject: The Itzaʼ language is a critically endangered Mayan language of the Yucatecan branch, traditionally spoken by the Itza people of Guatemala’s Petén region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.