Western Yugur Mongolic
E993658
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Western Yugur Mongolic is a modern Mongolic language spoken by the Yugur people in Gansu, China, preserving many archaic features of the Mongolic language family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Western Yugur Mongolic canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12548066 — 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: Western Yugur Mongolic Context triple: [Proto-Mongolic language, hasDescendant, Western Yugur Mongolic]
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A.
Eastern Yugur language
Eastern Yugur is a Mongolic language spoken by the Yugur people in Gansu, China, distinct from but historically related to neighboring Turkic Yugur varieties.
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B.
Khorasani Mongolic
Khorasani Mongolic is a Mongolic language variety spoken by ethnic Mongol communities in northeastern Iran, notable for preserving archaic features while showing strong influence from surrounding Iranian languages.
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C.
Mongolic languages
Mongolic languages are a family of closely related languages spoken primarily in Mongolia, northern China, and parts of Russia, including the major language Mongolian.
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D.
Chagatai Turkic
Chagatai Turkic is a historical Turkic literary language that served as a major cultural and administrative lingua franca in Central Asia, especially under Turkic-Mongol and Timurid rule.
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E.
Northeastern Turkic
Northeastern Turkic refers to the branch of the Turkic language family that includes languages such as Khakas, Tuvan, and Yakut, primarily spoken in Siberia and parts of Central Asia.
- 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: Western Yugur Mongolic Target entity description: Western Yugur Mongolic is a modern Mongolic language spoken by the Yugur people in Gansu, China, preserving many archaic features of the Mongolic language family.
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A.
Eastern Yugur language
Eastern Yugur is a Mongolic language spoken by the Yugur people in Gansu, China, distinct from but historically related to neighboring Turkic Yugur varieties.
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B.
Khorasani Mongolic
Khorasani Mongolic is a Mongolic language variety spoken by ethnic Mongol communities in northeastern Iran, notable for preserving archaic features while showing strong influence from surrounding Iranian languages.
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C.
Mongolic languages
Mongolic languages are a family of closely related languages spoken primarily in Mongolia, northern China, and parts of Russia, including the major language Mongolian.
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D.
Chagatai Turkic
Chagatai Turkic is a historical Turkic literary language that served as a major cultural and administrative lingua franca in Central Asia, especially under Turkic-Mongol and Timurid rule.
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E.
Northeastern Turkic
Northeastern Turkic refers to the branch of the Turkic language family that includes languages such as Khakas, Tuvan, and Yakut, primarily spoken in Siberia and parts of Central Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.