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.

Apache is an Athabaskan (Na-Dené) language spoken in central Arizona in the USA. In 2007 there were about 14,000 speakers of Western Apache, about half of whom belong to the White Mountain …

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Zhaali – Cryptocurrency® In Western Apache, the word “money” is translated as “Zhááli”. It is pronounced “zh-ahh-lee”. The “zh” is pronounced like the sound “z” makes in the word, “azure.” …

Actually, there are at least two distinct Apache languages: Western Apache and Eastern Apache. The two are closely related, like French and Spanish, but speakers of one language cannot understand …

Our biggest goal is to preserve and make available our Apache Language. It is extremely vital for our survival as Apache in identity. Once we lose our language then the rest is soon to follow and we can …

As a tribe, we are committed to revitalizing the use of the Apache language in our everyday conversations as well as for more poetic and heightened expressive contexts.

The Apache Language Consortium is a collective of Apache speakers, schools, and educators that are working to preserve the Arizona Apache language to ensure we can pass it on to future generations.

Aug 25, 2025 · Yet, like many Indigenous languages across the globe, the Apache languages face an existential threat, teetering on the brink of silence. For generations, these vibrant languages were the …

The five Apache languages are Apachean languages, which in turn belong to the Athabaskan branch of the Eyak-Athabaskan language family. [4] All Apache languages are endangered.