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- Na-Dene
- Southern Athabaskan
- Mescalero-Chiricahua
ISO 639-3 · apmapm
Na-Dene family
Mescalero-Chiricahua
Ndee bizaa
Mescalero-Chiricahua is a language of the Southern Athabaskan branch (Na-Dene), spoken in United States and Mexico. Wikidata describes it as “Southern Athabaskan language spoken by the Mescalero and Chiricahua tribes in Oklahoma and New Mexico”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
apm- Glottocode
mesc1238- Family
- Na-Dene
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 16 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mescalero-Chiricahua · Ndee bizaa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache, Mescalero language, Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache language, Mescalero-Chiricahua language, Chiricahua language |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Na-Dene to Mescalero-Chiricahua
The branches above Mescalero-Chiricahua, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
46Na-Denefamily44Athabaskan-Eyakbranch43Athabaskanbranch6Southern AthabaskanbranchapmMescalero-Chiricahualanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in United States
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