Also Known As:
San Carlos-Southern Tonto, San Carlos Apache, White River Apache, Cibecu, Tonto, San Carlos Cluster, Arivaipa, Apache (Western), Apache, Apache, Western, Coyotero
Dialects & Varieties
North America
Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.
Threatened
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<14,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 3
Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.
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Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Older adults
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Elders
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Location and Context
Countries
USA, Arizona
Location Description
Southeastern Arizona: the San Carlos Reservation, Ft. Apache Reservation (White Mountain Apache Tribe), the Tonto Reservation at Payson, at the Camp Verde Reservation, and at the Ft. McDowell Reservation near Scottsdale.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
This video provides the lyrics to the hymnal, "Glory to His Name" originally written by Elisha A.
Language Apache (Western). apw_word-list_1996_01.html, entries: 97 - 111
Language Apache (Western). apw_word-list_1996_04.html, entries: 73 - 95