DLPT redirects here. For other uses, see DLPT (disambiguation). The Defense Language Proficiency Test (or DLPT) is a battery of foreign language tests produced by the Defense Language Institute and used by the United States Department of Defense (DoD). They are intended to assess the general language proficiency of native English speakers in a specific foreign language, in the skills of reading and listening.
1 Like other Plains Indians, buffalo was of the utmost importance to the Comanche. 2  They lived a nomadic lifestyle in constant search of buffalo which provided them with food, shelter, and clothing. 3  Aside from buffalo and other meat, their diet consisted of fruits, nuts and wild root vegetables. Comanche language remains very similar to that of the Northern Shoshone and although it has several dialects, it is understood by most neighboring Indian tribes. 2  Like other Plains Indians, buffalo was of the utmost importance to the Comanche.
It has been said that they were one of the first tribes to learn how to ride and use horses. By 1700, a large portion of the Apache Indians had migrated to the Kansas plains. They were not accustomed to living and farming on the plains, but made due with some crops such as watermelon, beans, and corn. Eventually, their weakness was overtaken by the Comanche tribe.