Akatek language
E611837
The Akatek language is a Mayan language spoken primarily in northwestern Guatemala and parts of Mexico, known for its complex verb morphology and rich indigenous cultural heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Akatek language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6561850 — 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: Akatek language Context triple: [Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, promotes, Akatek language]
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A.
Ixcatec language
The Ixcatec language is a highly endangered indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by a small community in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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B.
Huastec language
The Huastec language is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in the northeastern region of Mexico.
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C.
Totela language
The Totela language is a Bantu language of southern Africa spoken by the Totela people, closely related to other Tonga varieties in the region.
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D.
Matlatzinca language
The Matlatzinca language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of central Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Matlatzinca people in the State of Mexico and considered at risk of extinction.
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E.
Mazatec languages
The Mazatec languages are a group of closely related indigenous Otomanguean languages spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the northern region of Oaxaca, Mexico.
- 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: Akatek language Target entity description: The Akatek language is a Mayan language spoken primarily in northwestern Guatemala and parts of Mexico, known for its complex verb morphology and rich indigenous cultural heritage.
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A.
Ixcatec language
The Ixcatec language is a highly endangered indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by a small community in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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B.
Huastec language
The Huastec language is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in the northeastern region of Mexico.
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C.
Totela language
The Totela language is a Bantu language of southern Africa spoken by the Totela people, closely related to other Tonga varieties in the region.
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D.
Matlatzinca language
The Matlatzinca language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of central Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Matlatzinca people in the State of Mexico and considered at risk of extinction.
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E.
Mazatec languages
The Mazatec languages are a group of closely related indigenous Otomanguean languages spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the northern region of Oaxaca, Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| alignment | ergative–absolutive ⓘ |
| branch | Qʼanjobʼalan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chuj language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jakaltek language NERFINISHED ⓘ Qʼanjobʼal language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Guatemala
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Akatek people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Mayan language family ⓘ |
| geneticRelation |
Chuj language
ⓘ
Jakaltek language NERFINISHED ⓘ Qʼanjobʼal language ⓘ |
| glottocode | acat1239 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Akateko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
aspect-marking on verbs
ⓘ
noun classifiers ⓘ person-marking on verbs ⓘ possessive prefixes ⓘ status suffixes on verbs ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ long and short vowels ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationBody | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | knj ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| languageOf |
Akatek community life
ⓘ
Akatek ritual practices ⓘ Akatek traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| languageStatusSource | UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macrolanguageGrouping | Qʼanjobʼal–Akatek–Jakaltek ⓘ |
| morphology | complex verb morphology ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | northwestern Guatemala ⓘ |
| region |
Chiapas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Huehuetenango Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guatemala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Qʼanjobʼalan branch ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative ⓘ |
| usedIn | bilingual education programs in Guatemala ⓘ |
| wordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| 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: Akatek language Description of subject: The Akatek language is a Mayan language spoken primarily in northwestern Guatemala and parts of Mexico, known for its complex verb morphology and rich indigenous cultural heritage.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.