Asuriní of Tocantins language
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The Asuriní of Tocantins language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Asuriní people living along the Tocantins River in Brazil.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Asuriní of Tocantins language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6469585 — 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: Asuriní of Tocantins language Context triple: [Tupian, wellKnownLanguage, Asuriní of Tocantins language]
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A.
Apurinã language
The Apurinã language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Apurinã people of the Brazilian Amazon, known for its complex verbal morphology and endangered status.
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B.
Terena language
The Terena language is an Arawakan indigenous language spoken primarily by the Terena people of Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul region.
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C.
Otomi language
The Otomi language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of central Mexico, spoken in several regional varieties by the Otomi people and known for its complex tonal and grammatical systems.
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D.
Warao language
The Warao language is an indigenous language isolate spoken by the Warao people of northeastern Venezuela and nearby regions, particularly in the Orinoco Delta.
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E.
Forro language
Forro language is a Portuguese-based creole spoken primarily on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe.
- 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: Asuriní of Tocantins language Target entity description: The Asuriní of Tocantins language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Asuriní people living along the Tocantins River in Brazil.
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A.
Apurinã language
The Apurinã language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Apurinã people of the Brazilian Amazon, known for its complex verbal morphology and endangered status.
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B.
Terena language
The Terena language is an Arawakan indigenous language spoken primarily by the Terena people of Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul region.
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C.
Otomi language
The Otomi language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of central Mexico, spoken in several regional varieties by the Otomi people and known for its complex tonal and grammatical systems.
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D.
Warao language
The Warao language is an indigenous language isolate spoken by the Warao people of northeastern Venezuela and nearby regions, particularly in the Orinoco Delta.
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E.
Forro language
Forro language is a Portuguese-based creole spoken primarily on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Akwawa Asuriní
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asuriní do Tocantins NERFINISHED ⓘ Asuriní of Trocará NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | indigenous languages of Brazil ⓘ |
| branch | Tupi–Guarani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Asuriní people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Tupian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Tupi–Guarani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | Asuriní Indigenous Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | asu ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Tupi–Guarani linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tupian ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Amazon basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Northern Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pará NERFINISHED ⓘ Tocantins River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Tupi–Guarani languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Asuriní communities along the Tocantins River ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| 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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Asuriní of Tocantins language Description of subject: The Asuriní of Tocantins language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Asuriní people living along the Tocantins River in Brazil.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.