Apache Translator
About Apache
Apache refers to a group of closely related Southern Athabaskan languages spoken across the southwestern United States, including Western Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Jicarilla, Lipan, and Plains Apache. Collectively, these varieties have approximately 100,000 speakers, with Western Apache being the most widely spoken. The languages use Latin-based writing systems.
Apache languages share features common to the Athabaskan family, including complex verb morphology with prefixal systems and tonal distinctions. The languages are spoken primarily on reservations in Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Various Apache communities have established language preservation programs, including immersion schools and digital resources. Notably, Apache languages use an elaborate system of classificatory verb stems that categorize objects by their physical properties such as shape and flexibility.