Chiricahua language
E279192
The Chiricahua language is an Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Chiricahua Apache people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chiricahua Apache language | 6 |
| Chiricahua language canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
Southern Athabaskan language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Chiricahua Apache ⓘ |
| branchOf | Apachean branch of Southern Athabaskan ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Mescalero language ⓘ |
| culturallyAssociatedWith |
Chiricahua Apache oral history
ⓘ
Chiricahua Apache traditional culture ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguists of Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| endonym | Ndeʼ ⓘ |
| glottocode | mesc1239 ⓘ |
| grammaticalAlignment | nominative-accusative (at clause level) ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
prefixing morphology ⓘ tone ⓘ |
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
aspectual prefixes
ⓘ
classificatory verb stems ⓘ mode prefixes ⓘ pronominal prefixes ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ nasalized vowels ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEfforts | community-based language programs ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | Chiricahua Apache descendants ⓘ |
| hasTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | apm ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Na-Dene
ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene language family
|
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
|
| primaryWordOrderTendency | SOV ⓘ |
| region |
Arizona
ⓘ
Chihuahua ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Sonora ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Chiricahua Apache
ⓘ
surface form:
Chiricahua Apache people
|
| spokenIn |
southwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern United States
Northern Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
northern Mexico
|
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Apachean languages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chiricahua Apache
ⓘ
surface form:
Chiricahua Apache community
|
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
songs ⓘ traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cochise
this entity surface form:
Chiricahua Apache language
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Chiricahua Apache language
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Chiricahua Apache language
this entity surface form:
Chiricahua Apache language
this entity surface form:
Chiricahua Apache language
this entity surface form:
Chiricahua Apache language