Mescalero language

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Southern Athabaskan language indigenous language of North America language

The Mescalero language is an Eastern Southern Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Mescalero Apache people of the Southwestern United States.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Mescalero language canonical 7
Lipan Apache language 2
Mescalero-Chiricahua language 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Southern Athabaskan language ⓘ
indigenous language of North America ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Mescalero language ⓘ
surface form: Mescalero Apache language

Mescalero-Chiricahua (for some classifications) ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea North America ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Jicarilla language ⓘ
Lipan Apache language ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRole ceremonial language of Mescalero Apache people ⓘ
vehicle of traditional Mescalero oral literature ⓘ
endangeredStatus endangered language ⓘ
severely endangered language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mescalero Apache ⓘ
surface form: Mescalero Apache people
hasDialects Jicarilla-related variety ⓘ
Lipan ⓘ
Mescalero ⓘ
hasGlottocode mesc1234 ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationProgram Mescalero Apache language programs ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature classificatory verb stems ⓘ
obligatory verb pronominal prefixes ⓘ
rich aspectual system ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers fewer than 1000 speakers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ
ISO639-3Code apm ⓘ
languageBranch Southern Athabaskan ⓘ
surface form: Southern Athabaskan languages
languageFamily Athabaskan ⓘ
surface form: Athabaskan languages
languageSubgroup Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
morphology prefixing verb morphology ⓘ
partOf Apachean languages ⓘ
region Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Mescalero Apache Reservation
spokenIn New Mexico ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern United States
status threatened language ⓘ
subclassOf Eastern Southern Athabaskan language ⓘ
taughtAt Mescalero Apache schools ⓘ
typology agglutinative language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
usedBy Mescalero Apache ⓘ
surface form: Mescalero Apache Tribe
usedFor prayers and rituals ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
wordOrder SOV ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (15)

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

Apache tribes → speaks → Mescalero language ⓘ
Navajo language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mescalero‑Chiricahua language
Navajo language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jicarilla language
Navajo language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lipan Apache language
Apache → hasLanguage → Mescalero language ⓘ
Apache → hasLanguage → Mescalero language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lipan Apache language
Apache → hasLanguage → Mescalero language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plains Apache language
Southern Athabaskan → hasMajorLanguage → Mescalero language ⓘ
Southern Athabaskan → hasNotableLanguage → Mescalero language ⓘ
Mescalero language → alternateName → Mescalero language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mescalero Apache language
Lipan language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mescalero-Chiricahua language
Apachean languages → hasMember → Mescalero language ⓘ
Chiricahua language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero language ⓘ
Jicarilla language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mescalero-Chiricahua language
Apache groups → areSpeakersOf → Mescalero language ⓘ