Isthmus Nahuatl
E659540
Isthmus Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken primarily in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region of southern Mexico.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isthmus Nahuatl canonical | 5 |
| Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl | 4 |
| Isthmus-Cosoleacaque Nahuatl | 1 |
| Mecayapan Isthmus Nahuatl | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7059820 — 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: Isthmus Nahuatl Context triple: [Eastern Nahuatl, hasDialect, Isthmus Nahuatl]
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A.
Orizaba Nahuatl
Orizaba Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken primarily in and around the city of Orizaba in central Mexico.
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B.
Eastern Nahuatl
Eastern Nahuatl is a branch of the Nahuatl language continuum spoken in eastern Mexico, encompassing several closely related indigenous dialects.
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C.
Huasteca Nahuatl
Huasteca Nahuatl is a modern variety of the Nahuatl language spoken by the Huastec Nahua people in northeastern Mexico.
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D.
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Tetelcingo Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken in and around Tetelcingo in the Mexican state of Morelos.
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E.
Highland Puebla Nahuatl
Highland Puebla Nahuatl is a modern Nahuan language variety spoken in the highland region of Puebla, Mexico, descended from the Proto-Nahuan language.
- 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: Isthmus Nahuatl Target entity description: Isthmus Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken primarily in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region of southern Mexico.
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A.
Orizaba Nahuatl
Orizaba Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken primarily in and around the city of Orizaba in central Mexico.
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B.
Eastern Nahuatl
Eastern Nahuatl is a branch of the Nahuatl language continuum spoken in eastern Mexico, encompassing several closely related indigenous dialects.
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C.
Huasteca Nahuatl
Huasteca Nahuatl is a modern variety of the Nahuatl language spoken by the Huastec Nahua people in northeastern Mexico.
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D.
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Tetelcingo Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken in and around Tetelcingo in the Mexican state of Morelos.
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E.
Highland Puebla Nahuatl
Highland Puebla Nahuatl is a modern Nahuan language variety spoken in the highland region of Puebla, Mexico, descended from the Proto-Nahuan language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nahuatl language variety
ⓘ
indigenous language variety of Mexico ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Central Nahuatl varieties
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Nahuatl
other Eastern Nahuatl varieties ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Nahua ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl
ⓘ
linked to:
Isthmus Nahuatl
Mecayapan Isthmus Nahuatl ⓘ
linked to:
Isthmus Nahuatl
|
| hasAncestor | Classical Nahuatl ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Spanish loanwords
ⓘ
distinctive regional lexicon compared to other Nahuatl varieties ⓘ phonological differences from Classical Nahuatl ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | istm1242 ⓘ |
| hasLinguasphereCode | 82-ADA-ae ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | tonal distinctions in some analyses ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation |
intergenerational transmission varies by community
ⓘ
under pressure from Spanish ⓘ |
| hasType |
indigenous language
ⓘ
regional variety ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mexican indigenous linguistic heritage ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Nahuan
ⓘ
linked to:
Nahuan languages
|
| languageCodeISO639-3 | nhk ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Nahuatl ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language in Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern Mexico ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ |
| region | Isthmus of Tehuantepec ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
ⓘ
Oaxaca ⓘ Veracruz ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Nahuan language
ⓘ
linked to:
Nahuan languages
Nahuatl ⓘ Southern Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ |
| subjectOf | descriptive linguistic studies on Nahuatl dialectology ⓘ |
| usedBy | Nahua communities of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday communication
ⓘ
oral tradition in Nahua communities of the Isthmus ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Isthmus Nahuatl Description of subject: Isthmus Nahuatl is a regional variety of the Nahuatl language spoken primarily in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region of southern Mexico.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
plo (Oluta Popoluca)
linked to: Isthmus Nahuatl
linked to: Isthmus Nahuatl
linked to: Isthmus Nahuatl
linked to: Isthmus Nahuatl
linked to: Isthmus Nahuatl