Apache
- noun
- /əˈpæʧ/
:
idioma apache
- Many young children are learning the Apache languages from their grandparents.
Examples
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The linguist studied the Apache spoken in various communities across the region.
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He remained there to teach on an Apache reservation.
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The Apache language is an essential part of the culture of the Apache people.
Synonyms
A language spoken by the Apache people in the United States
Compounds
A Native American language that Chiricahua people speak in New Mexico and Oklahoma
- Archaic
A fast, dramatic dance that shows a pretend struggle between a man and a woman
A form of the Apache language that people speak on reservations in east-central Arizona
An Apache language spoken in east-central Arizona on the San Carlos reservation
Surface Forms
Etymology
Apache as the name of a language comes from the same Spanish Apaches, likely from a local Native word apachu meaning 'enemy'. So Apache also names the group of related languages spoken by those peoples today.
