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Name:
Jicarilla
Alternate Names:
Hikariya; Apache (Jicarilla); Apache; Apache, Jicarilla; Eastern Apache; Apache jicarilla (in French); Apache jicarilla (in Spanish)
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
680 (2000 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: All Apache varieties: 13,270 (2000 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
300
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
812
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
apj
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit (Eyak-Athabaskan, Na-Dene, Dene-Yeniseian)
Parent Subgroup:
Southern Athabaskan; Apachean; Apachean Athabaskan (apac)
Brief Description:
"Jicarilla is an emergent language within the Southern Athabaskan dialect complex, spoken on the Jicarilla Reservation in northeastern New Mexico. There are about 300 first-language speakers and an equal or greater number of semi-speakers out of a total Jicarilla tribal population of 3,100." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 16
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Map of Jicarilla
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