Mescalero-Chiricahua language

Mescalero-Chiricahua (also known as Chiricahua Apache) is a <a href="/facts/Southern_Athabaskan_languages/EKMqjHB5">Southern Athabaskan</a> language spoken by the <a href="/facts/Chiricahua/ICe7GVrb">Chiricahua</a> and <a href="/facts/Mescalero/hIoSoa7s">Mescalero</a> people in <a href="/facts/Chihuahua_(state)/FCeDVWL0">Chihuahua</a> and <a href="/facts/Sonora/cmLLIFR9">Sonora</a>, <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">México</a> and in <a href="/facts/Oklahoma/fK28L1a4">Oklahoma</a> and <a href="/facts/New_Mexico/wosJCGaW">New Mexico</a>. It is related to <a href="/facts/Navajo_language/Us0lrsYt">Navajo</a> and <a href="/facts/Western_Apache_language/pTMp1JJY">Western Apache</a> and has been described in great detail by the anthropological linguist <a href="/facts/Harry_Hoijer/r3CUflqv">Harry Hoijer</a> (1904–1976), especially in Hoijer & Opler (1938) and Hoijer (1946). Hoijer & Opler's Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache Texts, including a grammatical sketch and traditional religious and secular stories, has been converted into an online "book" available from the University of Virginia.
<a href="/facts/Virginia_Klinekole/20vjL0d8">Virginia Klinekole</a>, the first female president of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was known for her efforts to preserve the language.
There is at least one language-immersion school for children in Mescalero.

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Mescalero-Chiricahua language