Arikara language
E559369
The Arikara language is a critically endangered Caddoan language traditionally spoken by the Arikara people of the Northern Plains in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arikara language canonical | 6 |
| Arikaree language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5967469 — 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: Arikara language Context triple: [Caddoan languages, hasPart, Arikara language]
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A.
Arapaho language
The Arapaho language is an endangered Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Arapaho people of the Great Plains, primarily in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
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B.
Assiniboine language
The Assiniboine language is an Indigenous Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Assiniboine people of the Northern Plains in North America.
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C.
Hidatsa language
The Hidatsa language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Hidatsa people of the Northern Plains, closely related to Crow and part of the Siouan language family.
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D.
Osage language
The Osage language is a Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Osage people of the central United States, now the focus of revitalization and preservation efforts.
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E.
Shoshoni language
Shoshoni language is a Native American language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family, traditionally spoken by the Shoshone people in the western United States.
- 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: Arikara language Target entity description: The Arikara language is a critically endangered Caddoan language traditionally spoken by the Arikara people of the Northern Plains in the United States.
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A.
Arapaho language
The Arapaho language is an endangered Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Arapaho people of the Great Plains, primarily in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
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B.
Assiniboine language
The Assiniboine language is an Indigenous Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Assiniboine people of the Northern Plains in North America.
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C.
Hidatsa language
The Hidatsa language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Hidatsa people of the Northern Plains, closely related to Crow and part of the Siouan language family.
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D.
Osage language
The Osage language is a Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Osage people of the central United States, now the focus of revitalization and preservation efforts.
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E.
Shoshoni language
Shoshoni language is a Native American language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family, traditionally spoken by the Shoshone people in the western United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caddoan language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Arikaree language
ⓘ
linked to:
Arikara language
Sahnish language ⓘ |
| associatedReservation | Fort Berthold Indian Reservation ⓘ |
| associatedTribalNation | Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | North America ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Pawnee language
ⓘ
Skiri Pawnee dialect ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalRole | key marker of Arikara identity ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
linguist Douglas R. Parks
ⓘ
linguist Robert L. Rankin ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arikara people
ⓘ
linked to:
Arikara
|
| hasGlottocode | arik1264 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | ari ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
dictionary
ⓘ
grammar description ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| historicalTerritory |
Great Plains
ⓘ
Missouri River region ⓘ
linked to:
Missouri River valley
|
| influencedBy |
contact with English
ⓘ
contact with neighboring Plains languages ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Caddoan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Caddoan languages
|
| languageFamily | Caddoan languages ⓘ |
| morphology | verb-centered morphology ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | very few first-language speakers ⓘ |
| region |
Northern Plains
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Plains
|
| revitalizationEffort |
documentation projects by linguists
ⓘ
language classes on Fort Berthold Reservation ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Arikara people
ⓘ
linked to:
Arikara
|
| status | critically endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Northern Caddoan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Caddoan languages
|
| timeDepth | spoken for many centuries before European contact ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Nebraska
ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ |
| transmission | largely interrupted intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| typology | polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral storytelling
ⓘ
songs ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| wordOrder | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Arikara language Description of subject: The Arikara language is a critically endangered Caddoan language traditionally spoken by the Arikara people of the Northern Plains in the United States.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Arikara language