Hupa language
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Athabaskan language family
- In Athabaskan language family
Of these, only two languages, Hupa and Tolowa, are still spoken. The southwestern United States is home to the Apachean subgroup, which includes Navajo and the languages spoken by the Apache peoples. The Apachean languages are spoken mainly in Arizona and New Mexico. The languages spoken in the interior of…
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language revitalization
- In Hupa: The Hupa in the 21st century
…vanishingly few individuals who speak Hupa as a first language, language revitalization efforts aim to preserve the language and increase the number of speakers overall.
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use of glottalization
- In Indigenous North American languages: Phonology
…apostrophe; it differentiates, for example, Hupa (Athabaskan) teew ‘underwater’ from t’eew ‘raw.’
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