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|region=Primarily [[Oklahoma]]
|speakers=18
|familycolor=American
|fam1=[[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dene]]
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The '''Plains Apache''' language (or '''Kiowa Apache''') is a [[Southern Athabaskan languages|Southern Athabaskan language]] spoken by the [[Plains Apache]] peoples living primarily in central [[Oklahoma]].
Plains Apache is most closely related to other Southern Athabaskan languages like [[Navajo language|Navajo]], [[Chiricahua|Chiricahua Apache]], [[Mescalero|Mescalero Apache]], [[Lipan Apache]], [[Western Apache language|Western Apache]], and [[Jicarilla Apache]]. Plains Apache is the most divergent member of the subfamily. These speakers probably left their northern homeland later than the other Southern Athabaskan peoples. The language is extremely [[endangered language|endangered]] with perhaps only one native speaking elder.
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