Langenesis

Na-Dene family

Western Apache

c. 1400 CE – today Living

Western Apache (c. 1400 CE – today) is a living Na-Dene language. Lineage: Proto-Na-Dene → Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak → Proto-Athabaskan → Proto-Apachean → Western Apache.

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Speakers
13K (13,000)
ISO 639-3
apw
Glottocode
west2615

Western Apachean, spoken in east-central Arizona (San Carlos, White Mountain). Closely related to Navajo.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Na-Denec. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Athabaskan-Eyakc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
  3. Proto-Athabaskanc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  4. Proto-Apacheanc. 1000 CE – 1400 CE
  5. Western Apachec. 1400 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Apachean.

Sources