Northern Uto-Aztecan
E83164
Northern Uto-Aztecan is a major branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes several indigenous languages spoken primarily in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northern Uto-Aztecan canonical | 18 |
| Northern Uto-Aztecan languages | 3 |
| Northern Uto-Aztecan (in some classifications) | 1 |
| Northern Uto-Aztecan (proposed) | 1 |
| Northwestern Uto-Aztecan area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T637372 — 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: Northern Uto-Aztecan Context triple: [Uto-Aztecan, hasSubfamily, Northern Uto-Aztecan]
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A.
Uto-Aztecan
Uto-Aztecan is a large Native American language family of the Western United States and Mexico that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and Ute.
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B.
Coahuiltecan languages
The Coahuiltecan languages are a group of now mostly extinct indigenous languages once spoken by hunter-gatherer peoples in what is now southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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C.
Southern Numic
Southern Numic is a branch of the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken in parts of the southwestern United States.
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D.
Nahuan languages
The Nahuan languages are a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes Nahuatl and related indigenous languages historically spoken by the Aztecs and other peoples of central Mexico.
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E.
Northern Athabaskan languages
Northern Athabaskan languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in northwestern Canada and Alaska, forming a northern branch of the larger Athabaskan language family.
- 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: Northern Uto-Aztecan Target entity description: Northern Uto-Aztecan is a major branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes several indigenous languages spoken primarily in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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A.
Uto-Aztecan
Uto-Aztecan is a large Native American language family of the Western United States and Mexico that includes languages such as Nahuatl, Hopi, and Ute.
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B.
Coahuiltecan languages
The Coahuiltecan languages are a group of now mostly extinct indigenous languages once spoken by hunter-gatherer peoples in what is now southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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C.
Southern Numic
Southern Numic is a branch of the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken in parts of the southwestern United States.
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D.
Nahuan languages
The Nahuan languages are a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes Nahuatl and related indigenous languages historically spoken by the Aztecs and other peoples of central Mexico.
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E.
Northern Athabaskan languages
Northern Athabaskan languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in northwestern Canada and Alaska, forming a northern branch of the larger Athabaskan language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Northern Uto-Aztecan Description of subject: Northern Uto-Aztecan is a major branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes several indigenous languages spoken primarily in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Northern Uto-Aztecan languages
this entity surface form:
Northern Uto-Aztecan languages
subject surface form:
Cupeño language
this entity surface form:
Northern Uto-Aztecan languages
this entity surface form:
Northern Uto-Aztecan (proposed)
this entity surface form:
Northwestern Uto-Aztecan area
this entity surface form:
Northern Uto-Aztecan (in some classifications)