Lipan language

Lipan
Lipan
Ndé miizaa
Native to	Mexico, United States
Region	Chihuahua, Coahuila, New Mexico, Texas
Ethnicity	Lipan Apache people
Native speakers	110 (in Mexico)
Language family	Dené–Yeniseian? Na-Dene Athabaskan Southern Athabaskan Eastern Lipan; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Mexico
Regulated by	Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
Language codes
ISO 639-3	apl
Glottolog	lipa1241
ELP	Lipan

Lipan (ndé miizaa) is an Eastern Southern Athabaskan language spoken by the Lipan Apache in the states of Coahuila and Chihuahua 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.

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