Proto-Yucatecan
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Proto-Yucatecan is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Yucatecan branch of Mayan languages, from which modern languages like Yucatec Maya, Itzaʼ, and Mopan are derived.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Proto-Yucatecan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6561514 — 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: Proto-Yucatecan Context triple: [Yucatecan branch, hasProtoLanguage, Proto-Yucatecan]
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A.
Proto-Aztecan
Proto-Aztecan is the hypothesized common ancestor language of the Aztecan (Uto-Aztecan) language family, reconstructed through comparative analysis of its descendant languages.
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B.
Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya is a Mayan language spoken primarily on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, especially among indigenous communities in states like Yucatán, Quintana Roo, and Campeche.
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C.
Chinantecan languages
The Chinantecan languages are a group of closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages spoken primarily in northern Oaxaca, Mexico, known for their complex tonal systems and rich linguistic diversity.
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D.
Totonac languages
Totonac languages are an indigenous language family of eastern Mexico spoken primarily by the Totonac people in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo.
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E.
Tequistlatecan languages
Tequistlatecan languages are a small group of indigenous languages of southern Mexico, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
- 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: Proto-Yucatecan Target entity description: Proto-Yucatecan is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Yucatecan branch of Mayan languages, from which modern languages like Yucatec Maya, Itzaʼ, and Mopan are derived.
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A.
Proto-Aztecan
Proto-Aztecan is the hypothesized common ancestor language of the Aztecan (Uto-Aztecan) language family, reconstructed through comparative analysis of its descendant languages.
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B.
Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya is a Mayan language spoken primarily on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, especially among indigenous communities in states like Yucatán, Quintana Roo, and Campeche.
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C.
Chinantecan languages
The Chinantecan languages are a group of closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages spoken primarily in northern Oaxaca, Mexico, known for their complex tonal systems and rich linguistic diversity.
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D.
Totonac languages
Totonac languages are an indigenous language family of eastern Mexico spoken primarily by the Totonac people in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo.
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E.
Tequistlatecan languages
Tequistlatecan languages are a small group of indigenous languages of southern Mexico, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Itzaʼ language
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Lacandon language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mopan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Yucatán Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Eastern Mayan subgroup (in some classifications) ⓘ |
| branch | Yucatecan ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Itzaʼ language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lacandon language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mopan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
aspect-based verbal system
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complex verbal inflection ⓘ ergative alignment ⓘ head-marking morphology ⓘ verb–initial basic word order ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
lexicon of Itzaʼ
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lexicon of Lacandon ⓘ lexicon of Mopan ⓘ lexicon of Yucatec Maya ⓘ morphology of Yucatec Maya ⓘ phonology of Yucatec Maya ⓘ syntax of Yucatec Maya ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| notAttestedIn | written records ⓘ |
| partOf | Mayan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | comparative method ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom |
Itzaʼ language
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Lacandon language ⓘ Mopan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructedUsing | sound correspondences among Yucatecan languages ⓘ |
| region | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
reconstructed
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unattested ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Yucatecan branch of Mayan languages ⓘ |
| subjectOfStudy |
Mayan linguistics
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historical linguistics ⓘ |
| timeDepth | pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none ⓘ |
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: Proto-Yucatecan Description of subject: Proto-Yucatecan is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Yucatecan branch of Mayan languages, from which modern languages like Yucatec Maya, Itzaʼ, and Mopan are derived.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.