Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages
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Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages are a branch of the Southern Athabaskan language family spoken in the Southwestern United States, encompassing closely related Indigenous languages such as Mescalero, Jicarilla, and others.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10884495 — 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: Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages Context triple: [Mescalero language, languageSubgroup, Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages]
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A.
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.
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B.
Proto-Southern Athabaskan
Proto-Southern Athabaskan is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Southern Athabaskan (Apachean) languages, inferred through comparative linguistic methods.
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C.
Proto-Athabaskan language
Proto-Athabaskan language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Athabaskan language family, from which languages like Chipewyan and many others in North America are derived.
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D.
Puebloan languages
Puebloan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Pueblo peoples of the Southwestern United States, including languages such as Keresan, Tanoan, and Zuni.
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E.
Pacific Coast Athabaskan
Pacific Coast Athabaskan refers to a group of Athabaskan (Dene) languages traditionally spoken along the Pacific coast of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon.
- 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: Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages Target entity description: Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages are a branch of the Southern Athabaskan language family spoken in the Southwestern United States, encompassing closely related Indigenous languages such as Mescalero, Jicarilla, and others.
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A.
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.
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B.
Proto-Southern Athabaskan
Proto-Southern Athabaskan is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Southern Athabaskan (Apachean) languages, inferred through comparative linguistic methods.
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C.
Proto-Athabaskan language
Proto-Athabaskan language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Athabaskan language family, from which languages like Chipewyan and many others in North America are derived.
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D.
Puebloan languages
Puebloan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Pueblo peoples of the Southwestern United States, including languages such as Keresan, Tanoan, and Zuni.
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E.
Pacific Coast Athabaskan
Pacific Coast Athabaskan refers to a group of Athabaskan (Dene) languages traditionally spoken along the Pacific coast of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Athabaskan branch
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| arealContactWith |
English language
ⓘ
Kiowa-Tanoan languages ⓘ Spanish language ⓘ Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ |
| arealGrouping | Southwestern Athabaskan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Navajo language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Apache language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| glottoCode | sout2961 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Eastern Apachean languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Southern Apachean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Chiricahua language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jicarilla language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lipan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mescalero language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mescalero-Chiricahua language NERFINISHED ⓘ Plains Apache language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| indigenousTo |
American Southwest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Southern Athabaskan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryConsonantFeature | rich consonant inventory GENERATED ⓘ |
| primaryVowelFeature | contrastive vowel length GENERATED ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Chiricahua Apache people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jicarilla Apache people NERFINISHED ⓘ Lipan Apache people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mescalero Apache people NERFINISHED ⓘ Plains Apache people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Athabaskan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Na-Dene language family NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
polysynthetic morphology
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prefixing verb complexes ⓘ tone languages ⓘ verb-centered morphology ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages Description of subject: Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages are a branch of the Southern Athabaskan language family spoken in the Southwestern United States, encompassing closely related Indigenous languages such as Mescalero, Jicarilla, and others.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.