Alternate Names: Coyotero
Dialects: Cibecue, San Carlos, Tonto, White Mountain.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 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 2007). L2 users: Several dozen L2 speakers, mostly children and a few older whites.
Language Use: Vigorous. A few children at San Carlos and Fort Apache are L1 speakers but most younger people are passive or semi-passive (Golla 2007). Also use English [eng].
Language Development: Radio programs. Dictionary. NT: 1966–2012.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: United States