Endangered Languages Project - Jicarilla Apache

Jicarilla Apache

^{[aka Jicarilla, Hikariya, Apache (Jicarilla)]}

Classification: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Jicarilla, Hikariya, Apache (Jicarilla), Apache, Eastern Apache
CLASSIFICATION		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Athabaskan, Apachean
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		apj
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Jicarilla is an emergent language within the Southern Athabaskan dialect complex.

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Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
3,100
SEMI SPEAKERS
300?
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Jicarilla is an emergent language within the Southern Athabaskan dialect complex. 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.

PLACES: USA, New Mexico

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
680
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
13,270 ("all Apache varieties")
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers and the ethnic population come from the 2000 census. Data for the ethnic population given consists of "all Apache varieties."

DATE OF INFO: 2000

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is decreasing.

PLACES: USA;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northern New Mexico, Dulce area.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
3100
SEMI SPEAKERS
>300

PLACES: USA, New Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Jicarilla Reservation, northeastern New Mexico

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA, New Mexico

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
812
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA, New Mexico

PLACES: USA, New Mexico

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
3100
SEMI SPEAKERS
>300
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
300 (Golla 2007), decreasing. Ethnic population: 3100 (Golla 2007).

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA: New Mexico

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: New Mexico: Dulce area.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

36.9336,-106.9984

COORDINATES

36.5833333333,-104.0

COORDINATES

36.9336,-106.9984

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Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO