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== Syntax ==

{{Main|Southern Athabascan grammar#Typological overview}}

Like other Southern Athabaskan languages, Plains Apache ishas generallystrongly head-final tendencies, with a predominant word order of [[Subject–object–verb|subject-object-verb]] and [[postpositions]] rather than prepositions. This is illustrated in the following example sentences:

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|séé mi-džǫ́ʔ-dą́ʔ dà-yi-ɣí-ø-ø-nííł

|dirt 3SG-back-PP ADV-3OBJ-PROG-3SUBJ-CLF-throw|'He threw dirt on his back'}}

However, due to the morphological complexity of the Plains Apache verb inflection, it is often possible for a sentence to consist of only a single verb, e.g.

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|da-di-∅-į̀į̀d-∅-mą̀ą̀s

|NUM-THM-IPFV-1DUPL.SBJ-CLF-go.to.war|'Each one of us is starting off to war'}}

Noun phrases always contain only a noun, as Plains Apache has no determiners or adjectives; the equivalent of adjectival modification is achieved by the use of compound and nominalized nouns discussed above.

==See also==