Plains Apache language
The Plains Apache language (or Kiowa Apache language) was a Southern Athabaskan language formerly spoken by the Plains Apache, organized as the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, living primarily around Anadarko in southwest Oklahoma. The language is extinct as of 2008, when Alfred Chalepah, Jr., the last native speaker, died.
| Plains Apache | |
|---|---|
| Kiowa Apache | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Caddo County, Oklahoma |
| Ethnicity | Plains Apache |
| Extinct | 2008 |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | apk |
| Glottolog | kiow1264 |
| ELP | Kiowa Apache |
Historical distribution of Southern Athabaskan languages. Plains Apache (labeled Kiowa Apache) is located in northwestern Oklahoma. | |
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.
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