Cuicatec language
E797132
The Cuicatec language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of Mexico spoken primarily in northern Oaxaca.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cuicatec language canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9389478 — 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: Cuicatec language Context triple: [Triqui language, closelyRelatedTo, Cuicatec language]
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A.
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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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.
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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D.
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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E.
Yaqui language
The Yaqui language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken primarily by the Yaqui people in northern Mexico and southern Arizona, known for its rich oral tradition and cultural significance.
- 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: Cuicatec language Target entity description: The Cuicatec language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of Mexico spoken primarily in northern Oaxaca.
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A.
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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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.
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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D.
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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E.
Yaqui language
The Yaqui language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken primarily by the Yaqui people in northern Mexico and southern Arizona, known for its rich oral tradition and cultural significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican language
ⓘ
Oto-Manguean language ⓘ indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ |
| autonym | Cuicateco ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| endangeredStatusCause | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Cuicatec people ⓘ |
| family |
Oto-Manguean language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Oto-Manguean languages
|
| glottologCode | cuic1236 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Cuicatec ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Santa María Pápalo Cuicatec
ⓘ
Tepeuxila Cuicatec ⓘ Teutila Cuicatec ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex pronominal system
ⓘ
head-marking morphology ⓘ verb inflection for aspect ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant inventory
ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ nasal vowels ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | cux ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Cuicatecan ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| linguisticArea |
Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesoamerican linguistic area
|
| macroArea | Middle America ⓘ |
| morphologyType | fusional language ⓘ |
| region |
Oaxaca
ⓘ
linked to:
Oaxaca state
|
| relatedTo |
Mixtec languages
ⓘ
Trique languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cuicatlán District
ⓘ
Teotitlán District ⓘ northern Oaxaca ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Mixtecan branch
ⓘ
linked to:
Mixtecan
|
| typology | tonal language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local community life in northern Oaxaca
ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
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: Cuicatec language Description of subject: The Cuicatec language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of Mexico spoken primarily in northern Oaxaca.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.