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Language code: apa

Technical information about ISO 639 language code apa

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The table below provides technical details for the Apache languages language, designated by the apa code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

apa

Name

Apache languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Western ApacheMescalero-Chiricahua ApacheJicarilla ApacheLipan ApachePlains (Kiowa) Apache
Related languages
NavajoHupaDena’inaChipewyan
Key facts
Member of the Southern Athabaskan branch of the Na-Dene familyMescalero and Chiricahua varieties are mutually intelligible and are often treated as a single languageAll Apache languages are tonal, typically contrasting high and low pitchVerbs are highly polysynthetic, frequently encoding subject, object, tense and aspect in one wordOral tradition includes extensive ceremonial song cycles and Coyote trickster narratives
Sample phrase

Dagotʼee, ha̱dóóní?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Apache languages language, identified by the code apa, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.

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