Mescalero language

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The Mescalero language is an Eastern Southern Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Mescalero Apache people of the Southwestern United States.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Southern Athabaskan language ⓘ
indigenous language of North America ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Mescalero Apache language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language

Mescalero-Chiricahua (for some classifications) ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea North America ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Jicarilla language ⓘ
Lipan Apache language ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRole ceremonial language of Mescalero Apache people ⓘ
vehicle of traditional Mescalero oral literature ⓘ
endangeredStatus endangered language ⓘ
severely endangered language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mescalero Apache people ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero Apache
hasDialects Jicarilla-related variety ⓘ
Lipan ⓘ
Mescalero ⓘ
hasGlottocode mesc1234 ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationProgram Mescalero Apache language programs ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature classificatory verb stems ⓘ
obligatory verb pronominal prefixes ⓘ
rich aspectual system ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers fewer than 1000 speakers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ
ISO639-3Code apm ⓘ
languageBranch Southern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
linked to: Athabaskan
languageSubgroup Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
morphology prefixing verb morphology ⓘ
partOf Apachean languages ⓘ
region Mescalero Apache Reservation ⓘ
spokenIn New Mexico ⓘ
Southwestern United States ⓘ
status threatened language ⓘ
subclassOf Eastern Southern Athabaskan language ⓘ
taughtAt Mescalero Apache schools ⓘ
typology agglutinative language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
usedBy Mescalero Apache Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero Apache
usedFor prayers and rituals ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
wordOrder SOV ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apache tribes → speaks → Mescalero language ⓘ
Navajo language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero‑Chiricahua language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Navajo language → closelyRelatedTo → Jicarilla language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Navajo language → closelyRelatedTo → Lipan Apache language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Apache → hasLanguage → Mescalero language ⓘ
Apache → hasLanguage → Lipan Apache language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Apache → hasLanguage → Plains Apache language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Southern Athabaskan → hasMajorLanguage → Mescalero language ⓘ
Southern Athabaskan → hasNotableLanguage → Mescalero language ⓘ
Mescalero language → alternateName → Mescalero Apache language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Lipan language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero-Chiricahua language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Apachean languages → hasMember → Mescalero language ⓘ
Chiricahua language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero language ⓘ
Jicarilla language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero-Chiricahua language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Apache groups → areSpeakersOf → Mescalero language ⓘ
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico → primaryLanguage → Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Mescalero, New Mexico → hasCommunityLanguage → Mescalero Apache language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Lipan Apache language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Mescalero Apache schools → languageOfInstruction → Mescalero Apache language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
mesc1234 → identifies → Mescalero language ⓘ
Mescalero-Chiricahua → hasAlternativeName → Mescalero Apache language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Ndé language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero-Chiricahua language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Navajo-Apachean → hasMember → Mescalero language ⓘ
San Carlos Apache language → closelyRelatedTo → Mescalero Apache language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Mescalero → hasAlternativeName → Mescalero Apache language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language
Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages → hasPart → Mescalero-Chiricahua language ⓘ
linked to: Mescalero language