Jicarilla Apache (4 CDs/Book)

Master the Rare Jicarilla Apache Language!For BeginnersThis basic course in Jicarilla Apache covers vocabulary and sentence structures used in everyday Apache conversation. Twenty-one lessons encompass pronunciation, dialogs, grammar explanations, and exercises for review and practice. The pronunciation guide presents all the sounds of the language in a format designed to facilitate learning, with simplified as well as technical explanations of how Jicarilla sounds are formed.Throughout the text, selected passages compare Jicarilla Apache with Mescalero Apache, Western Apache, and Navajo. Cultural notes on Apache folkways, humor, taboos, and idiomatic usage are also included.Authored by linguist Alan Wilson with Rita V. Martine, native speaker of Jicarilla Apache* 4.25 hours of audio, 150-page text, 21 lessons* Introductory questions and useful phrases* General dialogs and vocabulary* Seasons, months, days of the week* Foods* Kinship* Humor and taboos* Animals, trees, and plants* Shape