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What languages are spoken By Apache Indians and Navajo Indians?
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The different groups of Apache people and the Navajo all speak different languages in the same language family. Just like Spanish, Italian and Romanian and French are all in the Romance family, these languages are in the Southern Athabascan family.
Navajos speak Navajo or Diné bizaad in the Navajo language.
Depending on how you count a language or a dialect there are about 6 Apache languages: Jicarilla, Lipan. Western Apache, Mescalero, Chiricahua, and Plains Apache.
Some lump Mescalero and Chiricahua as one language. Sometimes Western Apache (Ndee biyáti') is divided into 3, 4 or 5 languages or dialects.
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Does the Apache tribe use the word dine for the people also?
The Apache and Navajo both belong to the Southern Athabaskan Language Family. This does not mean this was one language, but more like a root language like Latin is for French, Spanish, Italian, Etc.They don't both use the exact word Diné. This is a Navajo word. There are six different Apache languages. In western Apache it is Ndee. The Mescalero Apache call themselves: Inday. The Lipan Apache say: Ndé.The Southern Athabaskan Languages or "Apachean" is spoken by Jicarillo Apache, Mescalero Apache, Navajo, Lipan Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and by some Kiowa, and others.All these words indeed mean "The People."
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Does the Apache tribe use the word dine for the people also?
The Apache and Navajo both belong to the Southern Athabaskan Language Family. This does not mean this was one language, but more like a root language like Latin is for French, Spanish, Italian, Etc.They don't both use the exact word Diné. This is a Navajo word. There are six different Apache languages. In western Apache it is Ndee. The Mescalero Apache call themselves: Inday. The Lipan Apache say: Ndé.The Southern Athabaskan Languages or "Apachean" is spoken by Jicarillo Apache, Mescalero Apache, Navajo, Lipan Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and by some Kiowa, and others.All these words indeed mean "The People."
What evidence is there that the Navajo and Apache tribes share a common ancestry?
Linguistic and cultural similarities suggest that the Navajo and Apache tribes have a common ancestry. Both tribes belong to the Southern Athabaskan language group and share certain traditional practices and beliefs. Additionally, historical records show interactions and migrations between the two groups in the past.
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Variations of Athabaskan - Mescalero/Chiricahua kinda shared the same language. There are 6 variations of the Apache language. Many english words have 3 or 4 interchangeable Apache counterparts. Remember the wind-talkers in WW2? Their languange and style of speaking was so similar to the Navajo that Mescaleros were brought in with them. Many sylables are actually pronounced by breathing, not speaking.
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