T̓łat̓łasik̓wala
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T̓łat̓łasik̓wala is a dialect of the Kwakʼwala language traditionally spoken by a specific Indigenous Kwakwaka'wakw community of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| T̓łat̓łasik̓wala canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11807414 — 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: T̓łat̓łasik̓wala Context triple: [Kwakʼwala, hasDialects, T̓łat̓łasik̓wala]
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A.
Dxʷdəwʔabš
Dxʷdəwʔabš is the endonym of the Duwamish people, a Coast Salish Native American tribe indigenous to the Seattle, Washington area.
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B.
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt was a prominent 19th-century Nez Perce leader renowned for his resistance to U.S. government displacement and his eloquent advocacy for his people's rights.
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C.
Átl’ka7tsem
Átl’ka7tsem is the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation’s traditional name for the fjord known in English as Howe Sound in British Columbia, Canada.
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D.
W̱SÁNEĆ
W̱SÁNEĆ is the Indigenous name for the Saanich people, a Coast Salish First Nation whose traditional territories are located on southern Vancouver Island and the nearby Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw is the Squamish Nation, an Indigenous Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest with deep cultural, spiritual, and territorial ties to their ancestral lands in what is now southwestern British Columbia.
- 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: T̓łat̓łasik̓wala Target entity description: T̓łat̓łasik̓wala is a dialect of the Kwakʼwala language traditionally spoken by a specific Indigenous Kwakwaka'wakw community of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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A.
Dxʷdəwʔabš
Dxʷdəwʔabš is the endonym of the Duwamish people, a Coast Salish Native American tribe indigenous to the Seattle, Washington area.
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B.
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt was a prominent 19th-century Nez Perce leader renowned for his resistance to U.S. government displacement and his eloquent advocacy for his people's rights.
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C.
Átl’ka7tsem
Átl’ka7tsem is the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation’s traditional name for the fjord known in English as Howe Sound in British Columbia, Canada.
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D.
W̱SÁNEĆ
W̱SÁNEĆ is the Indigenous name for the Saanich people, a Coast Salish First Nation whose traditional territories are located on southern Vancouver Island and the nearby Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw is the Squamish Nation, an Indigenous Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest with deep cultural, spiritual, and territorial ties to their ancestral lands in what is now southwestern British Columbia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of Kwakʼwala ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Kwakwaka'wakw linguistic heritage ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | other Kwakʼwala dialects ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Kwakwaka'wakw culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Kwakwaka'wakw
|
| ethnicGroup | Kwakwaka'wakw ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Wakashan language
ⓘ
linked to:
Wakashan languages
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
ⓘ
contrastive vowel length ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasType | Indigenous North American language variety ⓘ |
| isIndigenousLanguageOf |
Canada
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
|
| isOralTraditionLanguageOf |
Kwakwaka'wakw community
ⓘ
linked to:
Kwakwaka'wakw
|
| languageBranch |
Northern Wakashan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Wakashan
|
| languageFamily | Wakashan languages ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| morphologyType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| partOf | Kwakʼwala language ⓘ |
| region |
Pacific Northwest Coast
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Northwest
|
| sharesGrammarWith | Kwakʼwala ⓘ |
| sharesLexiconWith | other Kwakʼwala dialects ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Kwakwaka'wakw people
ⓘ
linked to:
Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples
|
| status | endangered language variety ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Kwakʼwala ⓘ |
| syntaxType | flexible word order ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Northwest Coast of British Columbia
ⓘ
linked to:
British Columbia coast
|
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
everyday communication in traditional context ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: T̓łat̓łasik̓wala Description of subject: T̓łat̓łasik̓wala is a dialect of the Kwakʼwala language traditionally spoken by a specific Indigenous Kwakwaka'wakw community of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)