Chol language
E874405
Chol language is a Mayan language spoken by the Chʼol people of southern Mexico, particularly in and around the Lacandon Jungle region of Chiapas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chol language canonical | 8 |
| Chʼol language | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10596026 — 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: Chol language Context triple: [Lacandon Jungle, languageRegion, Chol language]
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A.
Chewong language
The Chewong language is an indigenous Austroasiatic language spoken by the Chewong people of Peninsular Malaysia, known for its rich oral tradition and detailed vocabulary related to the forest environment.
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B.
Chung language
The Chung language is a lesser-known Pearic language spoken by indigenous communities in parts of mainland Southeast Asia, likely Cambodia or neighboring regions.
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C.
Chocho language
The Chocho language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of central Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Chocho people in parts of Oaxaca.
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D.
Cham language
Cham language is an Austronesian language historically spoken by the Cham people of mainland Southeast Asia, particularly in present-day Vietnam and Cambodia.
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E.
Shekkacho language
The Shekkacho language is an Afroasiatic Omotic language spoken primarily by the Shekka people in the Sheka Zone of southwestern Ethiopia.
- 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: Chol language Target entity description: Chol language is a Mayan language spoken by the Chʼol people of southern Mexico, particularly in and around the Lacandon Jungle region of Chiapas.
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A.
Chewong language
The Chewong language is an indigenous Austroasiatic language spoken by the Chewong people of Peninsular Malaysia, known for its rich oral tradition and detailed vocabulary related to the forest environment.
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B.
Chung language
The Chung language is a lesser-known Pearic language spoken by indigenous communities in parts of mainland Southeast Asia, likely Cambodia or neighboring regions.
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C.
Chocho language
The Chocho language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of central Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Chocho people in parts of Oaxaca.
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D.
Cham language
Cham language is an Austronesian language historically spoken by the Cham people of mainland Southeast Asia, particularly in present-day Vietnam and Cambodia.
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E.
Shekkacho language
The Shekkacho language is an Afroasiatic Omotic language spoken primarily by the Shekka people in the Sheka Zone of southwestern Ethiopia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alignment | ergative–absolutive ⓘ |
| ancestor |
Proto-Cholan
ⓘ
Proto-Mayan ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chontal of Tabasco
ⓘ
Chʼoltiʼ language ⓘ
linked to:
Chʼolan languages
Chʼortiʼ language ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Chʼol ⓘ |
| family |
Mayan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Mayan languages
|
| glottocode | chol1282 ⓘ |
| glottologName |
Chol
ⓘ
linked to:
Chʼol
|
| hasBibleTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Sabanilla Chol
ⓘ
linked to:
Sabanilla Chʼol
Tila Chol ⓘ Tumbalá Chol ⓘ
linked to:
Tumbalá
|
| hasFeature |
glottalized consonants
ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ rich aspectual system ⓘ status suffixes ⓘ tone-less phonology ⓘ verb-initial syntax ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticDescription | comprehensive grammar by linguists such as Coon ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | standardized Latin-based orthography ⓘ |
| includedIn | Mexican indigenous language education programs ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | ctu ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| morphology | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas ⓘ |
| region |
Lacandon Jungle
ⓘ
Usumacinta River basin ⓘ
linked to:
Usumacinta river basin
southern Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Chʼol people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chiapas
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ Tabasco ⓘ |
| subfamily | Cholan branch ⓘ |
| subgroup | Western Cholan ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ |
| usedIn | bilingual education in Chiapas ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Chol language Description of subject: Chol language is a Mayan language spoken by the Chʼol people of southern Mexico, particularly in and around the Lacandon Jungle region of Chiapas.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Chol language
linked to: Chol language
linked to: Chol language
linked to: Chol language
linked to: Chol language
linked to: Chol language
linked to: Chol language