Western Apache language

Western Apache
Ndee biyáti' / Nṉee biyáti'
Native toMexico and United States
RegionSonora, Chihuahua and south-east Arizona
EthnicityWestern Apache
Native speakers
13,445, 65% of population (2013)[1]
Dené–Yeniseian?
Latin
Official status
Official language in
 Mexico
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated byInstituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
Language codes
ISO 639-3apw
Glottologwest2615
ELPWestern Apache
Western Apache is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]
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The Western Apache language is a Southern Athabaskan language spoken among the 14,000 Western Apaches in Mexico in the states of Sonora and Chihuahua and in east-central Arizona. There are approximately 6,000 speakers living on the San Carlos Reservation and 7,000 living on the Fort Apache Reservation.[3] In Mexico, they mainly live in Hermosillo, Sonora, and other native communities in Chihuahua.[4]

  1. ^ "Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English".
  2. ^ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 11.
  3. ^ "Western Apache". Endangered Languages. Archived from the original on Oct 7, 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  4. ^ "Conversatorio "Historia de la lengua y cultura n'dee/n'nee/ndé; hacia el registro en el Catalogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales (CLIN)"". Contigo en la distancia. Archived from the original on Oct 22, 2022.