Meʼphaa
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Meʼphaa is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken primarily by the Meʼphaa (Tlapanec) people of Guerrero, Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meʼphaa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8724497 — 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: Meʼphaa Context triple: [Tlapanecan languages, includeLanguage, Meʼphaa]
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A.
Merkheuli
Merkheuli is a village in Abkhazia, Georgia, historically notable as the birthplace of Soviet security chief Lavrentiy Beria.
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B.
Achmetha
Achmetha is the biblical name for the ancient city of Ecbatana, a major Median and later Persian royal capital.
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C.
Morosaglia
Morosaglia is a small village in the Haute-Corse department of France, known as the birthplace of Corsican patriot Pasquale Paoli and a historic center of Corsican nationalism.
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D.
Chekfa
Chekfa is a town and commune located in northeastern Algeria within the coastal Jijel Province.
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E.
Metsamor
Metsamor is an ancient archaeological complex in Armenia known for its multi-layered settlement, fortress, and necropolis that reveal key phases of early Transcaucasian and Kura–Araxes cultural development.
- 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: Meʼphaa Target entity description: Meʼphaa is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken primarily by the Meʼphaa (Tlapanec) people of Guerrero, Mexico.
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A.
Merkheuli
Merkheuli is a village in Abkhazia, Georgia, historically notable as the birthplace of Soviet security chief Lavrentiy Beria.
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B.
Achmetha
Achmetha is the biblical name for the ancient city of Ecbatana, a major Median and later Persian royal capital.
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C.
Morosaglia
Morosaglia is a small village in the Haute-Corse department of France, known as the birthplace of Corsican patriot Pasquale Paoli and a historic center of Corsican nationalism.
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D.
Chekfa
Chekfa is a town and commune located in northeastern Algeria within the coastal Jijel Province.
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E.
Metsamor
Metsamor is an ancient archaeological complex in Armenia known for its multi-layered settlement, fortress, and necropolis that reveal key phases of early Transcaucasian and Kura–Araxes cultural development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican language
ⓘ
Oto-Manguean language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language of Mexico ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tlapanec
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tlapaneco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Meʼphaa people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tlapanec people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Oto-Manguean language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | tlap1239 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Acatepec Meʼphaa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Azoyú Meʼphaa NERFINISHED ⓘ Malinaltepec Meʼphaa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlacoapa Meʼphaa NERFINISHED ⓘ Zapotal Meʼphaa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code |
tcf
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tpc ⓘ tpl ⓘ tpx ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant system
ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
municipality of Acatepec, Guerrero
ⓘ
municipality of Malinaltepec, Guerrero NERFINISHED ⓘ municipality of Tlacoapa, Guerrero NERFINISHED ⓘ municipality of Zapotitlán Tablas, Guerrero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageArea | southern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyLevel | Oto-Manguean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyNeighbor |
Amuzgo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mixtec languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagePolicyContext | recognized as an indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| morphologyType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| region |
Costa Chica region of Guerrero
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Montaña region of Guerrero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
state of Guerrero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Tlapanec–Mangue branch ⓘ |
| typology |
tonal language
ⓘ
verb-initial language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication in Meʼphaa communities
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ritual and ceremonial contexts ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| 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
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Input
Subject: Meʼphaa Description of subject: Meʼphaa is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken primarily by the Meʼphaa (Tlapanec) people of Guerrero, Mexico.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.