Lacandon Maya language
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The Lacandon Maya language is an indigenous Mayan language spoken by the Lacandon people of southeastern Mexico, known for preserving many archaic features of the Mayan language family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lacandon language | 4 |
| Lacandon Maya language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10596025 — 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: Lacandon Maya language Context triple: [Lacandon Jungle, languageRegion, Lacandon Maya language]
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A.
Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya is a Mayan language spoken primarily on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, especially among indigenous communities in states like Yucatán, Quintana Roo, and Campeche.
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B.
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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C.
Tzeltal Maya
The Tzeltal Maya are an indigenous Maya people of the Chiapas highlands in southern Mexico, known for their distinct Mayan language, traditional agriculture, and rich textile and ritual practices.
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D.
Kʼicheʼ language
The Kʼicheʼ language is a major Mayan language spoken by the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, known for its rich oral tradition and significance in pre-Columbian and contemporary indigenous culture.
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E.
Mayan languages
Mayan languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in southern Mexico and Central America, known for their ancient hieroglyphic writing and continuity from the Classic Maya civilization to modern Maya communities.
- 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: Lacandon Maya language Target entity description: The Lacandon Maya language is an indigenous Mayan language spoken by the Lacandon people of southeastern Mexico, known for preserving many archaic features of the Mayan language family.
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A.
Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya is a Mayan language spoken primarily on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, especially among indigenous communities in states like Yucatán, Quintana Roo, and Campeche.
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B.
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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C.
Tzeltal Maya
The Tzeltal Maya are an indigenous Maya people of the Chiapas highlands in southern Mexico, known for their distinct Mayan language, traditional agriculture, and rich textile and ritual practices.
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D.
Kʼicheʼ language
The Kʼicheʼ language is a major Mayan language spoken by the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, known for its rich oral tradition and significance in pre-Columbian and contemporary indigenous culture.
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E.
Mayan languages
Mayan languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in southern Mexico and Central America, known for their ancient hieroglyphic writing and continuity from the Classic Maya civilization to modern Maya communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chʼol language
ⓘ
linked to:
Chol language
Tzeltal language ⓘ Tzotzil language ⓘ
linked to:
Tzotzil
|
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | partially documented ⓘ |
| endonym | Jach tʼaan Lacandon ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Lacandon Maya
ⓘ
linked to:
Lacandon
|
| family |
Mayan language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Mayan languages
|
| hasDialect |
Northern Lacandon
ⓘ
linked to:
Lacandon Jungle
Southern Lacandon ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
conservative morphology compared to other Mayan languages
ⓘ
conservative phonology compared to other Mayan languages ⓘ preserves archaic Mayan features ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
aspect-based verbal system
ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ possessive prefixes on nouns ⓘ rich system of verbal affixes ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Spanish language
ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalized consonants
ⓘ
tone absent ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
dictionaries
ⓘ
grammars ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Spanish language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | lac ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| languageOf | Lacandon rainforest communities ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | few thousand ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder |
verb–object–subject
ⓘ
verb–subject–object ⓘ |
| region | southeastern Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Lacandon people
ⓘ
linked to:
Lacandon
|
| spokenIn | Chiapas ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Maya ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Mayan historical linguistics research
ⓘ
studies of language contact in Chiapas ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Lacandon communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional ritual practices ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Lacandon ritual chants
ⓘ
traditional Lacandon myths ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lacandon Maya language Description of subject: The Lacandon Maya language is an indigenous Mayan language spoken by the Lacandon people of southeastern Mexico, known for preserving many archaic features of the Mayan language family.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lacandon Maya language
linked to: Lacandon Maya language
linked to: Lacandon Maya language
linked to: Lacandon Maya language