Lipan
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An Apache language once spoken in Texas and northern Mexico
- proper noun
:
lengua lipan
- The Lipan language, once spoken by the Lipan Apache people, is now nearly extinct.
Examples
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Today the Lipan Apaches' language is one of many indigenous languages that are on the brink of, if not already beyond, extinction.
Academic text (1999) -
While Opler contributed an important collection of English-only Lipan Apache myths and legends, only Hoijer has published a Lipan Apache text in the Lipan Apache language.
Academic text (1999) -
Efforts are being made to revive the Lipan language among the Apache community.
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The Lipan Apache people continue to celebrate their culture, despite the decline of their language.
Surface Forms
Lipan main
Etymology
Lipan also names the language once spoken by the Lipan Apache people, just like 'Spanish' names the language of Spain. Because the language is now spoken by very few elders, Lipan is used to refer to a nearly extinct language of that people.
