Southern Athabaskan language

C10973
concept

A Southern Athabaskan language is a member of the Athabaskan branch of the Na-Dené language family spoken primarily in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, characterized by complex verb morphology and tonal or pitch-accent features.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Southern Athabaskan language canonical 12
Dene language 6
Apachean language 3

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Southern Athabaskan language
Generated description
A Southern Athabaskan language is a member of the Athabaskan branch of the Na-Dené language family spoken primarily in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, characterized by complex verb morphology and tonal or pitch-accent features.

Instances (26)

Instance Via concept surface
Jicarilla Apache language
linked to: Jicarilla Apache
—
Southern Athabaskan Athabaskan language subgroup
Western Apache language —
Mescalero language —
Lipan language —
Apachean languages Southern Athabaskan subgroup
Chiricahua language —
Jicarilla language Apachean language
Dogrib language Dene language
Tlicho language Dene language
North Slavey Dene language
Navajo language —
Tłı̨chǫ Dene language
Koyukon Dene language
Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ Comanche language
Lipan Apache language —
Lipan —
Mescalero language
linked to: mesc1234
Apachean language
Mescalero-Chiricahua —
Ndé language —
Navajo-Apachean Southern Athabaskan subgroup
San Carlos Apache language —
Southern Tonto Western Apache dialect
Mescalero —
Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages Southern Athabaskan branch
Chipewyan Dene language