Cabécar language
E629045
The Cabécar language is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Cabécar people of Costa Rica, known for its complex grammar and status as one of the country’s most vital native languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cabécar language canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6934743 — 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: Cabécar language Context triple: [Cabécar, language, Cabécar language]
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A.
Cabiyari language
The Cabiyari language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Cabiyari people of the northwestern Amazon region.
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B.
Ignaciano language
The Ignaciano language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Ignaciano people of Bolivia’s Beni region, closely related to other Moxo (Mojeño) varieties.
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C.
Piapoco language
The Piapoco language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Piapoco people of Colombia and Venezuela.
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D.
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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E.
Kaxabu language
The Kaxabu language is an indigenous Formosan language of Taiwan spoken by the Kaxabu people and considered highly endangered.
- 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: Cabécar language Target entity description: The Cabécar language is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Cabécar people of Costa Rica, known for its complex grammar and status as one of the country’s most vital native languages.
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A.
Cabiyari language
The Cabiyari language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Cabiyari people of the northwestern Amazon region.
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B.
Ignaciano language
The Ignaciano language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Ignaciano people of Bolivia’s Beni region, closely related to other Moxo (Mojeño) varieties.
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C.
Piapoco language
The Piapoco language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Piapoco people of Colombia and Venezuela.
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D.
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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E.
Kaxabu language
The Kaxabu language is an indigenous Formosan language of Taiwan spoken by the Kaxabu people and considered highly endangered.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American indigenous language
ⓘ
Chibchan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Mesoamerican and Colombian linguistic area
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesoamerican linguistic area
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Boruca language
ⓘ
Bribri language ⓘ
linked to:
Bribri
Teribe language ⓘ |
| country | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Cabécar people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cabécar
ⓘ
Cavécar ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
agricultural practices
ⓘ
indigenous knowledge ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex grammar
ⓘ
complex system of evidentiality ⓘ ergative or split-ergative alignment tendencies ⓘ noun classifiers ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ tone or complex prosody ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | cabe1245 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Cabécar ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | cjp ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant inventory
ⓘ
contrastive nasalization ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | indigenous reserves of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
use of postpositions
ⓘ
verb-final word order tendencies ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Chibchan language area
ⓘ
linked to:
Chibchan cultural area
|
| isSubjectOf |
bilingual education materials
ⓘ
grammatical descriptions ⓘ linguistic documentation projects ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Chibchan ⓘ |
| region |
Cartago Province
ⓘ
Limón Province ⓘ Talamanca region ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Cabécar people ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| status |
endangered language
ⓘ
one of the most vital indigenous languages of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| subfamily | Viceitic branch ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Cabécar traditional rituals
ⓘ
local community education ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cabécar language Description of subject: The Cabécar language is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Cabécar people of Costa Rica, known for its complex grammar and status as one of the country’s most vital native languages.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.