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In the Apache language, the term for a white man is "bilasana." This term is used to refer to individuals of European descent or those with fair skin. It is important to note that terminologies and meanings may vary within different Apache communities and dialects.
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The Apache and Navajo both belong to the Southern Athabaskan Language Family. This does not mean this was one language, but more like a root language like Latin is for French, Spanish, Italian, Etc.They don't both use the exact word Diné. This is a Navajo word. There are six different Apache languages. In western Apache it is Ndee. The Mescalero Apache call themselves: Inday. The Lipan Apache say: Ndé.The Southern Athabaskan Languages or "Apachean" is spoken by Jicarillo Apache, Mescalero Apache, Navajo, Lipan Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and by some Kiowa, and others.All these words indeed mean "The People."
Apache is not the name of a language but a wide range of related languages. One Apache word for thunder is idandi; in Jicarilla Apache it is idihlni; in Navajo it is ini.
Western Apache: " ch'il dénzhónéhi ", which means beautiful plants (flowers).