Lipan language
E257008
The Lipan language is an extinct Southern Athabaskan language once spoken by the Lipan Apache people of the southern Great Plains and northern Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lipan language canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Southern Athabaskan language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lipan Apache traditional culture
ⓘ
oral tradition of the Lipan Apache ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroFamily |
Na-Dene
ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene languages
|
| branchOf | Apachean languages ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Jicarilla language
ⓘ
Mescalero language ⓘ
surface form:
Mescalero-Chiricahua language
Western Apache language ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedBy |
Harry Hoijer
ⓘ
other 20th-century linguists ⓘ |
| documentedIn | word lists collected by early ethnographers ⓘ |
| endonym | Ndé language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Lipan Apache ⓘ |
| extinctionCause |
language shift to English
ⓘ
language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| glottocode | lipa1248 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Lipan Apache ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Lipan Apache language
ⓘ
Lipan Apache language ⓘ
surface form:
Ndé Apache language
|
| hasLinguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ verb-heavy morphology ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
pronominal prefixes on verbs ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | tonal contrasts (like other Southern Athabaskan languages) ⓘ |
| hasSubjectObjectMarking | on verb complex ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | apl ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
|
| languageOf | North America ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| region |
northern Mexico
ⓘ
southern Great Plains ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Lipan Apache
ⓘ
surface form:
Lipan Apache people
|
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Southern Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Athabaskan languages
|
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech (historically)
ⓘ
everyday communication (historically) ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Chihuahua, Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
Chihuahua (historically)
Coahuila ⓘ
surface form:
Coahuila (historically)
Nuevo León ⓘ
surface form:
Nuevo León (historically)
Coahuila y Tejas ⓘ
surface form:
Texas (historically)
|
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.