Lipan language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Lipan |
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| Ndé miizaa | |
| Native to | USA and Mexico |
| Region | Chihuahua, Coahuila, New Mexico, Texas |
| Ethnicity | Lipan Apache people |
| Extinct | 1980se25 |
| Language family |
Dené–Yeniseian?
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| Writing system | Latin |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |  Mexico |
| Regulated by | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas |
Lipan is an extinct Eastern Southern Athabaskan language spoken by the Lipan Apache in northern Mexico, some reservations of New Mexico and parts of southern Texas. Lipan belongs to the Na-Dene languages family and it is closely related to Jicarilla language, which is also part of the Eastern Southern Athabaskan languages.
In 1981, it was reported that in New Mexico there were only 2 or 3 elderly speakers still alive.
Distribution
In Mexico, Lipan is traditionally spoken in some native communities in the states of Coahuila and Chihuahua: In Coahuila is mainly spoken in Los Lirios and San Antonio de Alanzas in Arteaga Municipality, El Remolino and Zaragoza in Zaragoza Municipality, Sierra de Santa Rosa de Lima and Múzquiz in Múzquiz Municipality and the cities of Sabinas and Saltillo. In Chihuahua is mainly spoken in Ciudad Juarez, the city of Chihuahua and other native towns.
Lipan is spoken in New Mexico in the Mescalero Reservation and in Texas near the Mexico-U.S. border.
