Usila Chinantec
E737865
Usila Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken primarily in the region around San Felipe Usila in Oaxaca, Mexico.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Usila Chinantec canonical | 1 |
| Usila Chinantec language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8475008 — 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: Usila Chinantec Context triple: [Chinantecan languages, includeLanguage, Usila Chinantec]
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A.
Lealao Chinantec
Lealao Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken in parts of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its complex tonal system and rich oral tradition.
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B.
Alacatlatzala Mixtec
Alacatlatzala Mixtec is a variant of the Mixtec language spoken by indigenous communities in the region of Alacatlatzala in Mexico.
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C.
Yosondúa Mixtec
Yosondúa Mixtec is a variant of the Mixtec language spoken by indigenous communities in and around Yosondúa in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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D.
Yolox Chinantec
Yolox Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken by the Chinantec people in and around Yolox, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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E.
Cuicatec
Cuicatec is an indigenous Mesoamerican language spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico, belonging to the Oto-Manguean language family and known for its complex tonal system.
- 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: Usila Chinantec Target entity description: Usila Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken primarily in the region around San Felipe Usila in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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A.
Lealao Chinantec
Lealao Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken in parts of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its complex tonal system and rich oral tradition.
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B.
Alacatlatzala Mixtec
Alacatlatzala Mixtec is a variant of the Mixtec language spoken by indigenous communities in the region of Alacatlatzala in Mexico.
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C.
Yosondúa Mixtec
Yosondúa Mixtec is a variant of the Mixtec language spoken by indigenous communities in and around Yosondúa in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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D.
Yolox Chinantec
Yolox Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken by the Chinantec people in and around Yolox, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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E.
Cuicatec
Cuicatec is an indigenous Mesoamerican language spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico, belonging to the Oto-Manguean language family and known for its complex tonal system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinantecan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Chinantec people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Papaloapan basin region of Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Chinanteco de Usila
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Felipe Usila Chinantec NERFINISHED ⓘ Usila Chinanteco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | local community varieties around San Felipe Usila ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
verb–object–subject word order (in some contexts)
ⓘ
verb–subject–object word order (in some contexts) ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex vowel system
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| hasStatus | minority language in Mexico ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Chinantec macrolanguage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Chinantec branch of Oto-Manguean ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Chinantecan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oto-Manguean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northern Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | indigenous Chinantec communities around San Felipe Usila ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ San Felipe Usila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Chinantec language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oto-Manguean language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication in local communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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: Usila Chinantec Description of subject: Usila Chinantec is an indigenous Chinantecan language spoken primarily in the region around San Felipe Usila in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Usila Chinantec language