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Mescalero-Chiricahua language

Language spoken in Oklahoma and New Mexico

Field	Value
name	Chiricahua
nativename	Ndee bizaa
states	Mexico and USA
region	Sonora, Chihuahua, Oklahoma, New Mexico
ethnicity	Chiricahua, Mescalero
speakers	1,500
date	2007
ref	e18
familycolor	Dené-Yeniseian
fam2	Na-Dene
fam3	Athabaskan
fam4	Southern Athabaskan
fam5	Southwestern Apache
fam6	Western
map	Lang Status 40-SE.svg
mapcaption
iso3	apm
glotto	mesc1238
glottorefname	Chiricahua Apache
notice	IPA
minority	Mexico
agency	Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas

Mescalero-Chiricahua (also known as Chiricahua Apache) is a Southern Athabaskan language spoken by the Chiricahua and Mescalero people in Chihuahua and Sonora, México and in Oklahoma and New Mexico. It is related to Navajo and Western Apache and has been described in great detail by the anthropological linguist Harry Hoijer (1904–1976), especially in Hoijer & Opler (1938) and Hoijer (1946). Hoijer & Opler's Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache Texts, including a grammatical sketch and traditional religious and secular stories, has been converted into an online "book" available from the University of Virginia.

Virginia Klinekole, the first female president of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was known for her efforts to preserve the language.{{Cite news |access-date = 2013-03-26 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140525202353/http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_17614404 |archive-date = 2014-05-25

There is at least one language-immersion school for children in Mescalero.

Phonology

Consonants

Chiricahua has 31 consonants:

Bilabial	Alveolar	Post-
alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal	plain	sibilant	lateral	Nasal	simple	post-stopped	Plosive	plain	aspirated	ejective	Fricative	voiceless	voiced
()
			~

Vowels

Chiricahua has 16 vowels:

Front	Central	Back	short		long	short	long	short		long	High	oral	nasal	Mid	oral	nasal	Low	oral	nasal

Chiricahua has phonemic oral, nasal, short, and long vowels.

References

Sources

Hoijer, Harry. (n.d.). Chiricahua Apache stems. (Unpublished manuscript).

References

"Historia de la lengua y cultura n'dee/n'nee/ndé".
"Chirichua and Mescalero Apache Texts". University of Virginia Library.
"Udall visits Mescalero Apache Schools to talk language preservation - Alamogordo Daily News".

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