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Southern Athabaskan languages

Southern Athabaskan (also Apachean) is a subfamily of Athabaskan languages spoken primarily in the Southwestern United States (including Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah) with two outliers in Oklahoma and Texas. The languages are spoken in the northern Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila and to a much lesser degree in Durango and Nuevo…

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Geographic distribution
Southwestern United States and northern Mexico
Glottolog
apac1239
ISO 639-2 / 5
apa
Linguistic classification
Athabaskan–EyakAthabaskanSouthern Athabascan · AthabaskanSouthern Athabascan · Southern Athabascan
Subdivisions
Plains Apache † · Western Apachean · Eastern Apachean

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Southern Athabaskan languages

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples70
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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Southern Athabaskan languages

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related to Family division · 39
Southern Athabaskan languages → Abáachi, Apache, CarlosCibecue, Chiricahua, Coyotero Apache, Dilzhę, Diné, Eastern, EasternJicarilla, Harry Hoijer, Hikariya Apache, II, Jicarilla, Kiowa, Lipan, Mescalero, N'dee, N'nee, Naabeehó, Naishan
related to Vowels · 8
Southern Athabaskan languages → Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Mescalero, Nasal, Navajo, Southern Athabaskan, These, Western Apache
related to Phonology · 7
Southern Athabaskan languages → All Southern Athabaskan, Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Navajo, One, The, Western Apache
related to Tone · 4
Southern Athabaskan languages → Americanist, Example, Hoijer, Southern Athabaskan
Linguistic classification · 3
Southern Athabaskan languages → AthabaskanSouthern Athabascan, Athabaskan–EyakAthabaskanSouthern Athabascan, Southern Athabascan
Subdivisions · 3
Southern Athabaskan languages → Eastern Apachean, Plains Apache †, Western Apachean
related to Consonants · 3
Southern Athabaskan languages → Only Navajo, Southern Athabaskan, Western Apache
Geographic distribution · 1
Southern Athabaskan languages → Southwestern United States and northern Mexico
Glottolog · 1
Southern Athabaskan languages → apac1239
ISO 639-2 / 5 · 1
Southern Athabaskan languages → apa

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apache navajo languages chiricahua western athabaskan southern mescalero jicarilla lipan plains apachean northern vowels written spoken tone southwestern language eastern

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Southern Athabaskan languagesGeographic distributionSouthwestern United States and northern Mexico1.00infobox
Southern Athabaskan languagesGlottologapac12391.00infobox
Southern Athabaskan languagesISO 639-2 / 5apa1.00infobox
Southern Athabaskan languagesLinguistic classificationAthabaskan–EyakAthabaskanSouthern Athabascan1.00infobox
Southern Athabaskan languagesLinguistic classificationAthabaskanSouthern Athabascan1.00infobox
Southern Athabaskan languagesLinguistic classificationSouthern Athabascan1.00infobox
Southern Athabaskan languagesSubdivisionsPlains Apache †1.00infobox
Southern Athabaskan languagesSubdivisionsWestern Apachean1.00infobox
Southern Athabaskan languagesSubdivisionsEastern Apachean1.00infobox
Southern Athabaskan languagesrelated to ConsonantsSouthern Athabaskan0.60section
Southern Athabaskan languagesrelated to ConsonantsWestern Apache0.60section
Southern Athabaskan languagesrelated to ConsonantsOnly Navajo0.60section

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