Sipakapense language
E560247
The Sipakapense language is a Mayan language spoken by the Sipakapense people in the western highlands of Guatemala.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sipakapense language canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5949683 — 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: Sipakapense language Context triple: [San Marcos Department, languageUsed, Sipakapense language]
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A.
Piapoco language
The Piapoco language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Piapoco people of Colombia and Venezuela.
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B.
Yucuna language
The Yucuna language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Yucuna people of the Colombian Amazon.
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C.
Guarijío language
The Guarijío language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Guarijío people of northern Mexico, particularly in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora.
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D.
Uru-Chipaya language
The Uru-Chipaya language is a small, indigenous language isolate of the Andean region of Bolivia, spoken by the Uru and Chipaya peoples and noted for its distinctiveness from surrounding language families.
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E.
Asháninka language
The Asháninka language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Asháninka people of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon, known for its rich oral tradition and central role in the community’s cultural identity.
- 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: Sipakapense language Target entity description: The Sipakapense language is a Mayan language spoken by the Sipakapense people in the western highlands of Guatemala.
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A.
Piapoco language
The Piapoco language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Piapoco people of Colombia and Venezuela.
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B.
Yucuna language
The Yucuna language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Yucuna people of the Colombian Amazon.
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C.
Guarijío language
The Guarijío language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Guarijío people of northern Mexico, particularly in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora.
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D.
Uru-Chipaya language
The Uru-Chipaya language is a small, indigenous language isolate of the Andean region of Bolivia, spoken by the Uru and Chipaya peoples and noted for its distinctiveness from surrounding language families.
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E.
Asháninka language
The Asháninka language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Asháninka people of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon, known for its rich oral tradition and central role in the community’s cultural identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| alignmentType | ergative–absolutive ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Awakatek language
ⓘ
Mam language ⓘ Tektiteko language ⓘ |
| contactLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sipakapense people ⓘ |
| family |
Mayan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Mayan languages
|
| glottocode | sipa1247 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Sipacapa
ⓘ
Sipacapense ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Mamean language
ⓘ
Proto-Mayan language ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | grammars and dictionaries produced by linguists and ALMG ⓘ |
| hasDomain | home and community domains ⓘ |
| hasLanguageAcademy | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalized consonants
ⓘ
vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | bilingualism with Spanish ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | Sipakapense municipality ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
head-marking morphology
ⓘ
rich aspectual system ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | qum ⓘ |
| isVulnerable | true ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Western Mayan ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesoamerican languages
ⓘ
indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the Mayan languages of Guatemala ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ |
| region | Sipacapa, San Marcos Department, Guatemala ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Sipakapense people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guatemala
ⓘ
western highlands of Guatemala ⓘ |
| subfamily | Greater Mamean ⓘ |
| subgroup | Mamean languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Sipakapense communities
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedIn | local education in Sipacapa ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sipakapense language Description of subject: The Sipakapense language is a Mayan language spoken by the Sipakapense people in the western highlands of Guatemala.
Referenced by (10)
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