Apache language
Apache is an Athabaskan language closely related to Navajo. It is spoken in the United States, unusual because most Athabaskan languages are spoken in the northwest of Canada and Alaska.
Like most Athabaskan languages, Apache shows various levels of animacy in its grammar, with certain nouns taking different verb forms from others according to their rank in this animacy hierarchy.
Apache's phonology is very similar to that of Navajo. It has four vowels a, e, i and o, and these may all be nasalised, long, high in tone or combinations of the three.
The consonants of the western dialect of Apache are as follows:
Some dialects of Apache include Jicarilla, Chiricahua and Western Apache.
Stop Fricative Affricate Approximant Nasal
Bilabial b w m
Alveolar d t t' z s dz ts ts' n
Alv. lateral lh dl tl tl' l
Postalveolar zh sh j ch ch' y
Velar g k k' gh x*
Velar labial kw ghw xw
Glottal ' h*
* /x/ and /h/ are allophones; this is typical of the United States Athabaskan languages.