Southern Athabaskan

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Southern Athabaskan is a subgroup of Athabaskan languages spoken primarily in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, including well-known languages such as Navajo and Apache.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language subgroup
language subgroup
alsoKnownAs Apachean
linked to: Nednai Apache

Apachean languages
geographicallySeparatedFrom Northern Athabaskan
Pacific Coast Athabaskan
hasHistoricalMigrationOrigin subarctic North America
hasMajorLanguage Chinle Navajo dialect
linked to: Navajo language

Chiricahua language
Cibecue Apache language
Crownpoint Navajo dialect
linked to: Navajo language

Eastern Navajo dialect
linked to: Navajo language

Jicarilla language
Lipan Apache language
Mescalero language
Navajo language
Plains Apache language
San Carlos Apache language
Western Apache language
Western Navajo dialect
White Mountain Apache language
hasMorphologicalFeature polysynthetic morphology
prefixing verb morphology
hasNotableLanguage Chiricahua language
Jicarilla language
Lipan Apache language
Mescalero language
Navajo language
Plains Apache language
Western Apache language
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters
tonal contrasts in some languages
hasReconstruction Proto-Southern Athabaskan
hasSubgroup Eastern Apachean
Navajo-Apachean
Western Apachean
linked to: Western Apache
hasSyntacticFeature use of postpositions
verb-final tendencies
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
languageBranchOf Athabaskan
partOf Na-Dene language family
linked to: Na-Dene
sharesFeatureWith Northern Athabaskan
Pacific Coast Athabaskan
spokenIn Arizona
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Sonora
Southwestern United States
Texas
Utah
northern Mexico
studiedInField anthropological linguistics
linguistics
subclassOf Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
usedBy Apache peoples
linked to: Apache tribes

Navajo people

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Na-Dene hasBranch Southern Athabaskan
Apache tribes languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Chiricahua Apache languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Nednhi Apache languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Mescalero Apache languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Jicarilla Apache languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Western Apache subgroupOf Southern Athabaskan peoples
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Western Apache linguisticBranch Southern Athabaskan
Western Apache language subfamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Mescalero language languageBranch Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Lipan language subfamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Apachean languages subclassOf Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Kiowa Apache languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Jicarilla language subgroupOf Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Apache groups languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Athabaskan hasBranch Southern Athabaskan
Proto-Athabaskan language hasDescendantGroup Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Tonto Apache languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Bedonkohe band languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Warm Springs Apache languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Chokonen languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
subject linked to: Chokonen (Central Chiricahua)
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Chihenne languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
subject linked to: Chihenne (Mimbreño)
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Nednai languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Nednai Apache broaderEthnolinguisticGroup Southern Athabaskan peoples
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Nednhi Ndé speaksLanguageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Bedonkohe languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Jicarilla memberOf Southern Athabaskan peoples
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Jicarilla languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
San Carlos Apache languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Lipan Apache language subfamily Southern Athabaskan
Lipan languageBranch Southern Athabaskan
Mescalero language languageBranch Southern Athabaskan
subject linked to: mesc1234
Mescalero-Chiricahua languageBranch Southern Athabaskan
Ndé language languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Navajo-Apachean subclassOf Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Navajo-Apachean languageBranchOf Southern Athabaskan
Proto-Southern Athabaskan subfamilyOf Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
San Carlos Apache language subfamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Southern Tonto languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Mescalero subfamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages subclassOf Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages partOf Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages arealGrouping Southwestern Athabaskan
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Ndeʼ languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan
Naʼishandine languageFamily Southern Athabaskan languages
linked to: Southern Athabaskan