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Plains Apache language

Not to be confused with Kiowa language.
Plains Apache
Kiowa Apache
Native toUnited States
RegionCaddo County, Oklahoma
EthnicityPlains Apache
Extinct2008, with the death of Alfred Chalepah Jr.
Language codes
ISO 639-3apk
Glottologkiow1264
ELPKiowa Apache
Historical distribution of Southern Athabaskan languages. Plains Apache (labeled Kiowa Apache) is located in northwestern Oklahoma.
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The Plains Apache language is a Southern Athabaskan language formerly spoken by the Plains Apache, organized as the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, living primarily around Anadarko in southwest Oklahoma.[1] The language is extinct as of 2008, when Alfred Chalepah, Jr., the last native speaker, died.[2]

Plains Apache is the most divergent member of the Southern Athabaskan languages, a family which also includes Navajo, Chiricahua Apache, Mescalero Apache, Lipan Apache, Western Apache, and Jicarilla Apache. As a member of the broader Athabaskan family, it has an extremely complex system of verbal morphology, often enabling entire sentences to be constructed with only a verb.

  1. ^ Everett, Dianna. "Apache Tribe of Oklahoma". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ Morgan, J. L. (2012). Classificatory Verbs in Plains Apache (Doctoral dissertation, University of Oklahoma).
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