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Seal of the San Carlos Apache tribe
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Seal of the San Carlos Apache tribe

Seal of the White Mountain Apache tribe
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Seal of the White Mountain Apache tribe

San Carlos Apache woman
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San Carlos Apache woman

Western Apache refers to the similar Apache peoples living primarily in east central Arizona. Goodwin (1938) claims that the Western Apache can be divided into five groups based on dialect:

Other researchers do not find any linguistic evidence for five groups, but rather three main varieties with several subgroupings:

Western Apache also refers to the Southern Athabaskan language spoken by these people. Western Apache is related to other Southern Athabaskan languages like Navajo, Chiricahua Apache, Mescalero Apache, Lipan Apache, Plains Apache, and Jicarilla Apache.

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