Apache, Western | Ethnologue

A language of United States

ISO 639: apw
Alternate Names: Coyotero, Nnee biyáti’
Autonym: Ndee biyáti’
Population: 14,000 (Golla 2007). 6,000 on San Carlos, 7,000 on Fort Apache Reservation (White Mountain Apache Tribe); smaller numbers at Tonto, Camp Verde, and Fort McDowell reservations (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 20,200 (Ichihashi-Nakayama et al 2007).
Location:: Arizona: several reservations east central.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona, White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation.
Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Apachean, Apache
Dialects: Cibecue, San Carlos, Tonto, White Mountain.
Language Use: Some young people, all adults. A few children at San Carlos and Fort Apache are L1 speakers but most younger people are passive or semi-passive (Golla 2007). Most also use English [eng].
Language Development: Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1966–2012.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Apache, Western
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Arizona: several reservations east central.