Eel River Athabaskan
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Eel River Athabaskan is a group of closely related, now mostly extinct Athabaskan languages traditionally spoken by Indigenous peoples along California’s Eel River.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eel River Athabascan | 1 |
| Eel River Athabaskan canonical | 1 |
| Eel River Athapaskan | 1 |
| Northern Eel River Athabaskan | 1 |
| Southern Eel River Athabaskan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10778425 — 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.
Target entity: Eel River Athabaskan Context triple: [Pacific Coast Athabaskan, hasMemberLanguage, Eel River Athabaskan]
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A.
Blue Fish River
Blue Fish River is a small tidal river in Duxbury, Massachusetts, known historically for its early shipbuilding and maritime activity.
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B.
Chickaloon River
Chickaloon River is a tributary stream in southcentral Alaska that feeds into the Matanuska River and flows through a largely remote, mountainous landscape.
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C.
Yentna River
The Yentna River is a major glacial-fed river in south-central Alaska that flows through remote wilderness before joining the Susitna River.
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D.
Pelican River
Pelican River is a watercourse in Manitoba, Canada, that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into Lake Winnipegosis.
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E.
Naselle River
The Naselle River is a coastal river in southwestern Washington State that drains forested and rural areas of Pacific County before emptying into Willapa Bay on the Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Eel River Athabaskan Target entity description: Eel River Athabaskan is a group of closely related, now mostly extinct Athabaskan languages traditionally spoken by Indigenous peoples along California’s Eel River.
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A.
Blue Fish River
Blue Fish River is a small tidal river in Duxbury, Massachusetts, known historically for its early shipbuilding and maritime activity.
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B.
Chickaloon River
Chickaloon River is a tributary stream in southcentral Alaska that feeds into the Matanuska River and flows through a largely remote, mountainous landscape.
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C.
Yentna River
The Yentna River is a major glacial-fed river in south-central Alaska that flows through remote wilderness before joining the Susitna River.
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D.
Pelican River
Pelican River is a watercourse in Manitoba, Canada, that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into Lake Winnipegosis.
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E.
Naselle River
The Naselle River is a coastal river in southwestern Washington State that drains forested and rural areas of Pacific County before emptying into Willapa Bay on the Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language group
ⓘ
Na-Dene language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Hupa
ⓘ
Mattole-Bear River Athabaskan ⓘ
linked to:
Bear River Athabaskan
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| documentedBy |
linguistic fieldwork in the 19th century
ⓘ
linguistic fieldwork in the 20th century ⓘ |
| geographicFeatureAssociated | Eel River ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Eel River Athabascan
ⓘ
linked to:
Eel River Athabaskan
Eel River Athapaskan ⓘ
linked to:
Eel River Athabaskan
|
| hasBranch |
Northern Eel River Athabaskan
ⓘ
linked to:
Eel River Athabaskan
Southern Eel River Athabaskan ⓘ
linked to:
Eel River Athabaskan
|
| hasEthnicGroup |
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria
ⓘ
Lassik people ⓘ Nongatl people NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinkyone people ⓘ Wailaki people ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
prefixing verb morphology
ⓘ
pronominal prefixes on verbs ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Bear River language
ⓘ
linked to:
Bear River Athabaskan
Lassik ⓘ Nongatl ⓘ Sinkyone ⓘ Wailaki ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
ⓘ
tone absent ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
California indigenous languages area
ⓘ
North American indigenous languages ⓘ
linked to:
Indigenous languages of North America
|
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
Na-Dene ⓘ |
| region |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| spokenIn |
Eel River region
ⓘ
linked to:
Eel River Basin
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
northwestern California ⓘ |
| status |
mostly extinct
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Athabaskan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Athabaskan language family
Pacific Coast Athabaskan ⓘ indigenous languages of California ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers |
Athabaskan peoples of California
ⓘ
linked to:
California Athabaskan peoples
Indigenous peoples of the Eel River ⓘ
linked to:
Eel River Athabaskan peoples
|
| typology |
polysynthetic language
ⓘ
verb-centered morphology ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
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Subject: Eel River Athabaskan Description of subject: Eel River Athabaskan is a group of closely related, now mostly extinct Athabaskan languages traditionally spoken by Indigenous peoples along California’s Eel River.
Referenced by (5)
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