Southern Athabaskan

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Athabaskan language subgroup language subgroup

Southern Athabaskan is a subgroup of Athabaskan languages spoken primarily in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, including well-known languages such as Navajo and Apache.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Southern Athabaskan languages	13
Southern Athabaskan canonical	3
Southern Athabaskan peoples	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athabaskan language subgroup ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nednai Apache ⓘ surface form: Apachean Apachean languages ⓘ
geographicallySeparatedFrom	Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ surface form: Northern Athabaskan Pacific Coast Athabaskan ⓘ
hasHistoricalMigrationOrigin	subarctic North America ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage	Navajo language ⓘ surface form: Chinle Navajo dialect Chiricahua language ⓘ Western Apache language ⓘ surface form: Cibecue Apache language Navajo language ⓘ surface form: Crownpoint Navajo dialect Navajo language ⓘ surface form: Eastern Navajo dialect Jicarilla language ⓘ Lipan Apache language ⓘ Mescalero language ⓘ Navajo language ⓘ Lipan Apache language ⓘ surface form: Plains Apache language San Carlos Apache language ⓘ Western Apache language ⓘ Western Navajo dialect ⓘ Western Apache language ⓘ surface form: White Mountain Apache language
hasMorphologicalFeature	polysynthetic morphology ⓘ prefixing verb morphology ⓘ
hasNotableLanguage	Chiricahua language ⓘ Jicarilla language ⓘ Lipan Apache language ⓘ Mescalero language ⓘ Navajo language ⓘ Lipan Apache language ⓘ surface form: Plains Apache language Western Apache language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	complex consonant clusters ⓘ tonal contrasts in some languages ⓘ
hasReconstruction	Proto-Southern Athabaskan ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Eastern Apachean ⓘ Navajo-Apachean ⓘ Western Apache ⓘ surface form: Western Apachean
hasSyntacticFeature	use of postpositions ⓘ verb-final tendencies ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
languageBranchOf	Athabaskan ⓘ
partOf	Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Na-Dene language family
sharesFeatureWith	Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ surface form: Northern Athabaskan Pacific Coast Athabaskan ⓘ
spokenIn	Arizona ⓘ Chihuahua ⓘ Coahuila ⓘ Colorado ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Sonora ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ surface form: Southwestern United States Texas ⓘ Utah ⓘ northern Mexico ⓘ
studiedInField	anthropological linguistics ⓘ linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	Athabaskan ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan languages
usedBy	Apache tribes ⓘ surface form: Apache peoples Navajo people ⓘ