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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 language|Chiricahua Apache]], [[Mescalero language|Mescalero Apache]], [[Lipan Apache language|Lipan Apache]], [[Western Apache language|Western Apache]], and [[Jicarilla Apache language|Jicarilla Apache]]. Plains Apache is the most divergent member of the subfamily. The language is extremely [[endangered language|endangered]] with perhaps only one or two native speaking elders. Alfred Chalepah, Jr., who might have been the last native speaker, died in 2008.{{cncitation needed|date=August 2013}}

==See also==

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[[Category:Endangered Dené–Yeniseian languages]]

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