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| Western Apache | |
|---|---|
| Ndee biyáti' / Nṉee biyáti' | |
| Native to | Mexico and United States |
| Region | Sonora, Chihuahua and south-east Arizona |
| Ethnicity | Western Apache |
Native speakers | 13,445, 65% of population (2013)[1] |
Dené–Yeniseian?
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| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Mexico |
Recognised minority language in | San Carlos Apache Nation, Arizona |
| Regulated by | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | apw |
| Glottolog | west2615 |
| ELP | Western Apache |
 Western Apache is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] | |
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]
- ^ "Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English".
- ^ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 11.
- ^ "Western Apache". Endangered Languages. Archived from the original on Oct 7, 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "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.