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North America
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<14,000

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Spoken as a first language by up to 14,000 people in several reservation communities in southeastern Arizona. Of these, about 6,000 live on the San Carlos Reservation and 7,000 on the Ft. Apache Reservation (White Mountain Apache Tribe), making up about 65%% of the population of those two tribes. Much smaller numbers of speakers are found at the Tonto Reservation at Payson, at the Camp Verde Reservation, and at the Ft. McDowell Reservation near Scottsdale. A few children at San Carlos and Ft. Apache speak Western Apache as their first language, but most children and young adults are passive speakers or semi-speakers.

Year of info

2008

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USA, Arizona

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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.

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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.

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English

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6,000

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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USA, Arizona

Coordinates

33.2563,-110.4637

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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USA, Arizona

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33.2563,-110.4637

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

12,700

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Speaker number data: 1990 census. 303 in San Carlos.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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USA, Arizona

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East central Arizona, several reservations.

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East central Arizona, several reservations.

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14,000

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20,200

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14,000 (Golla 2007). 6,000 on San Carlos, 7,000 on Fort Apache Reservation (White Mountain Apache Tribe); smaller numbers at Tonto, Camp Verde, and Fort McDowell reservations (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 20,200 (Ichihashi-Nakayama et al 2007).

Year of info

2016

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USA: Arizona

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14,000

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several dozen

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2007

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USA, Arizona

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2005

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33.75,-110.0

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