ELP ID
10556
ELP Language
Mescalero-Chiricahua
Speaker Number
1000-9999
Ethnic Population
2,800?
Public Comment
Over 1,500 members — slightly under half — of the Mescalero Tribe of New Mexico are first-language speakers of Mescalero-Chiricahua, most of them Mescaleros, although perhaps a dozen identify as Chiricahuas.
Source
North America
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Text
>1,500
Speaker Number Range
1000-9999