Western Apache language

E257006
Athabaskan language Native American language Southern Athabaskan language indigenous language of North America

The Western Apache language is an Athabaskan language spoken by Western Apache communities in Arizona, known for its complex verb morphology and rich oral tradition.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Western Apache language canonical 11
Cibecue Apache language 1
White Mountain Apache language 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
Southern Athabaskan language ⓘ
indigenous language of North America ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Chiricahua language ⓘ
surface form: Chiricahua Apache language

Mescalero Apache language ⓘ
Navajo language ⓘ
culturalRole medium of traditional narratives ⓘ
used in ceremonial speech ⓘ
vehicle for place-based oral histories ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicity Western Apache ⓘ
family Athabaskan ⓘ
surface form: Athabaskan languages
glottocode west2635 ⓘ
hasDialect San Carlos Apache ⓘ
surface form: Cibecue Apache

Tonto Apache ⓘ
surface form: Northern Tonto

San Carlos Apache ⓘ
Southern Tonto ⓘ
White Mountain Apache Tribe ⓘ
surface form: White Mountain Apache
hasFeature classificatory verb stems ⓘ
obligatory pronominal prefixes on verbs ⓘ
rich aspectual system ⓘ
rich oral tradition ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ
nasalized vowels ⓘ
iso639-3 apw ⓘ
languageBranch Apachean ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Western Apache ⓘ
surface form: Western Apachean
languageStatus threatened ⓘ
morphologicalFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
prefixing verb structure ⓘ
templatic verb morphology ⓘ
morphologicalType polysynthetic ⓘ
region east-central Arizona ⓘ
revitalizationEffort documented in grammars and dictionaries ⓘ
taught in some community and tribal schools ⓘ
scriptType alphabet ⓘ
spokenBy Western Apache ⓘ
surface form: Western Apache people
spokenIn Arizona ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subfamily Southern Athabaskan ⓘ
surface form: Southern Athabaskan languages
syntacticType head-marking language ⓘ
usedFor daily communication in some Western Apache communities ⓘ
wordOrder SOV-dominant ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apache tribes → speaks → Western Apache language ⓘ
Navajo language → closelyRelatedTo → Western Apache language ⓘ
Apache → hasLanguage → Western Apache language ⓘ
Yavapai-Apache Nation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Western Apache language ⓘ
Western Apache → usesLanguage → Western Apache language ⓘ
Southern Athabaskan → hasMajorLanguage → Western Apache language ⓘ
Southern Athabaskan → hasMajorLanguage → Western Apache language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cibecue Apache language
Southern Athabaskan → hasMajorLanguage → Western Apache language ⓘ
this entity surface form: White Mountain Apache language
Southern Athabaskan → hasNotableLanguage → Western Apache language ⓘ
Lipan language → closelyRelatedTo → Western Apache language ⓘ
Apachean languages → hasMember → Western Apache language ⓘ
Apachean languages → hasWellDocumentedLanguage → Western Apache language ⓘ
Jicarilla language → closelyRelatedTo → Western Apache language ⓘ