1. Family: Na-Dene
  2. Genus: Athapaskan

Apache (Western)

WALS coordinates: 33° 45′ N, 110° W

spoken in United States

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Apache (Western)
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Apache (San Carlos),
    • Coyotero,
    • San Carlos Apache,
    • W Apache,
    • W. Apache
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Morphology
    Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Equal prefixing and suffixing
    Nominal Categories
    Definite Articles Definite affix
    Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
    Verbal Categories
    Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect prefixes
    Word Order
    Order of Subject, Object and Verb SOV
    Order of Subject and Verb SV
    Order of Object and Verb OV
    Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb OXV
    Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun
    Order of Numeral and Noun Noun-Numeral
    Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
    Order of Degree Word and Adjective Degree word-Adjective
    Position of Polar Question Particles No question particle
    Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Not initial interrogative phrase
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun OV and NRel
    Simple Clauses
    Expression of Pronominal Subjects Subject affixes on verb
    Negative Morphemes Negative particle
    Polar Questions Interrogative verb morphology
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Identical
    Finger and Hand Identical