Shipibo-Conibo language

E908807

American indigenous language Panoan language Peruvian language agglutinative language indigenous language subject–object–verb language

The Shipibo-Conibo language is an indigenous Panoan language of the Peruvian Amazon, spoken primarily by the Shipibo-Conibo people along the Ucayali River.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Shipibo-Conibo language canonical	5
Shipibo language	2
Shipibo-Conibo (Panoan)	1
Shipibo-Coniboan	1
closely related to Shipibo-Conibo	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11169144 — 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: Shipibo-Conibo language
Context triple: [Ucayali Region, languageSpoken, Shipibo-Conibo language]

A. Secoya language
The Secoya language is a Western Tucanoan language spoken by the Secoya people of the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.
B. Piapoco language
The Piapoco language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Piapoco people of Colombia and Venezuela.
C. Sipakapense language
The Sipakapense language is a Mayan language spoken by the Sipakapense people in the western highlands of Guatemala.
D. Aguaruna language
The Aguaruna language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Aguaruna (Awajún) people of northern Peru, closely related to the Shuar language of Ecuador.
E. Curripaco language
The Curripaco language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Curripaco people of the Northwest Amazon region in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.
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: Shipibo-Conibo language
Target entity description: The Shipibo-Conibo language is an indigenous Panoan language of the Peruvian Amazon, spoken primarily by the Shipibo-Conibo people along the Ucayali River.

A. Secoya language
The Secoya language is a Western Tucanoan language spoken by the Secoya people of the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.
B. Piapoco language
The Piapoco language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Piapoco people of Colombia and Venezuela.
C. Sipakapense language
The Sipakapense language is a Mayan language spoken by the Sipakapense people in the western highlands of Guatemala.
D. Aguaruna language
The Aguaruna language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Aguaruna (Awajún) people of northern Peru, closely related to the Shuar language of Ecuador.
E. Curripaco language
The Curripaco language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Curripaco people of the Northwest Amazon region in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American indigenous language ⓘ Panoan language ⓘ Peruvian language ⓘ agglutinative language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ subject–object–verb language ⓘ
associatedWith	Shipibo-Conibo cosmology ⓘ linked to: Shipibo-Conibo Ucayali River culture ⓘ
basicWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Kapanawa language ⓘ Kashinawa language ⓘ Pano language ⓘ linked to: Panoan languages
country	Peru ⓘ
endangeredStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
family	Panoan language family ⓘ linked to: Panoan languages
hasAlignment	nominative–accusative ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Shipibo language ⓘ linked to: Shipibo-Conibo language Shipibo-Conibo ⓘ Shipibo-Conibo (Panoan) ⓘ linked to: Shipibo-Conibo language Shipibo-Coniboan ⓘ linked to: Shipibo-Conibo language Shipibo-Konibo ⓘ
hasCaseMarking	postpositional ⓘ
hasDomain	shamanic practice terminology ⓘ traditional arts terminology ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	suffixing ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive nasalization ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus	indigenous language of Peru recognized in education ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-2	shp ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3	shp ⓘ
macrolanguageStatus	individual language ⓘ
region	Huánuco Department ⓘ linked to: Huánuco Region Loreto Department ⓘ Ucayali Department ⓘ linked to: Ucayali Region
spokenBy	Conibo people ⓘ Shipibo people ⓘ linked to: Shipibo-Conibo people Shipibo-Conibo people ⓘ
spokenIn	Peru ⓘ Peruvian Amazon ⓘ Ucayali River region ⓘ linked to: Ucayali Region
subfamily	Mainline Panoan ⓘ
subgroup	Ucayali Panoan ⓘ
usedFor	interethnic communication in Ucayali region ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ ritual songs ⓘ traditional medicine chants ⓘ
usedIn	bilingual intercultural education programs in Peru ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ucayali Region → languageSpoken → Shipibo-Conibo language ⓘ

Amazonian languages → includesLanguage → Shipibo-Conibo language ⓘ

Shipibo-Conibo people → language → Shipibo-Conibo language ⓘ

Shipibo-Conibo language → hasAlternativeName → Shipibo language ⓘ