Awetí language
E890400
The Awetí language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Awetí people of Brazil’s Xingu region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Awetí language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10880236 — 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: Awetí language Context triple: [Tupian languages, includesLanguage, Awetí language]
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A.
Sateré-Mawé language
The Sateré-Mawé language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Sateré-Mawé people of the Brazilian Amazon.
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B.
Ewondo language
Ewondo is a Bantu language spoken primarily in central Cameroon, notably around the capital Yaoundé, by the Ewondo (Yaoundé) people.
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C.
Nyagbo language
The Nyagbo language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Nyagbo people in the Volta Region of Ghana, closely related to other Ghana–Togo Mountain languages.
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D.
Ovambo language
The Ovambo language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in northern Namibia and southern Angola by the Ovambo people.
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E.
Ngamo language
The Ngamo language is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in northeastern Nigeria by the Ngamo people.
- 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: Awetí language Target entity description: The Awetí language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Awetí people of Brazil’s Xingu region.
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A.
Sateré-Mawé language
The Sateré-Mawé language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Sateré-Mawé people of the Brazilian Amazon.
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B.
Ewondo language
Ewondo is a Bantu language spoken primarily in central Cameroon, notably around the capital Yaoundé, by the Ewondo (Yaoundé) people.
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C.
Nyagbo language
The Nyagbo language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Nyagbo people in the Volta Region of Ghana, closely related to other Ghana–Togo Mountain languages.
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D.
Ovambo language
The Ovambo language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in northern Namibia and southern Angola by the Ovambo people.
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E.
Ngamo language
The Ngamo language is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in northeastern Nigeria by the Ngamo people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Awetí ⓘ |
| family |
Tupian language family
ⓘ
linked to:
Tupian languages
|
| geneticClassification |
Awetí subgroup
ⓘ
Tupian ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Auetí
ⓘ
Auití ⓘ Aweti ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
mythological narratives
ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| hasFieldworkIn | Upper Xingu Indigenous communities ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | awe ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearchBy | Sebastian Drude ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
person marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
nasal harmony
ⓘ
oral–nasal contrast in vowels ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | Awetí Indigenous group ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo |
Brazil
ⓘ
Xingu Indigenous Park ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Mawé language
ⓘ
Mundurukú language ⓘ
linked to:
Munduruku language
Tupi–Guarani languages ⓘ
linked to:
Tupi–Guaraní
|
| isSpokenInVillage | Awetí village ⓘ |
| isSpokenNear |
Kamayurá communities
ⓘ
linked to:
Ka'apor community
Kuikuro communities ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tupian ⓘ |
| region |
Upper Xingu
ⓘ
linked to:
Xingu River
|
| spokenBy |
Awetí people
ⓘ
linked to:
Aweti people
|
| spokenIn |
Brazil
ⓘ
Xingu region ⓘ
linked to:
Xingu River basin
|
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Awetí branch ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ verb-final tendency ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Awetí community
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Awetí language Description of subject: The Awetí language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Awetí people of Brazil’s Xingu region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.