Plains Apache (Na’isha), also known as Kiowa Apache, is the most divergent of the Apachean languages. It is a member of the eastern Apachean subgroup of the Apachean branch of the Athabaskan language family. Related languages include Lipan and Jicarilla. More distantly related languages include Navajo, Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache and Hupa. Plains Apache is currently spoken in Caddo County, Oklahoma.
Selected Language Information
Bittle, William E. 1956. The Position of Kiowa Apache in the Apachean Group. PhD. dissertation, University of California.
Bittle, William E. 1963. Kiowa Apache. University of California Publications in Linguistics Vol. 29. 76-101.
Hoijer, Harry. 1945. Classificatory Verb Stems in the Apachean Languages. International Journal of American Linguistics. Vol. 11:1. 13-23.
Morgan, Juliette. 2012. Classificatory Verbs in Plains Apache. Masters Thesis. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 166.
Young, Robert W. 1983. Apachean Languages. In Handbook of North American Indians: Southwest(Vol. 10). Alfonso. Ortiz, William. C. Sturtevant (eds.) Washington: Smithsonian Institution. 393-400.
Sample Archival Materials in the Native American Languages Collection
Isaacs, Tony (Recorder). 1968. Handgame of the Kiowa, Kiowa Apache, and Comanche: Carnegie Roadrunners vs. Billy Goat Hill. General Field Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: audio. Catalog Number: GEN-014.
Chalepah, Jr., Alonzo (filmer). 2011. Father’s Day Naisha ‘Manatidae’ Chalepah Blackfoot Society. Alonzo Chalepah Plains Apache Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: audio/video. Catalog Number: ACH-001.
—–. (n.d.). Plains Apache Nouns and Sentences. Willem De Reuse Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: audio. Catalog Number: WDR-007.
De Reuse, Willem (interviewer, speaker), Alfred Chalepah (speaker). (n.d.). Willem De Reuse Interview with Alfred Chalepah (Plains Apache), April 3-4, 2004. Willem De Reuse Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: audio. Catalog Number: WDR-012.
Liebe-Harkort, Mary-Louise (author). (n.d.). Original Kiowa Plains Apache Material by Mary-Louise Liebe-Harkort Part 1. Racquel Yamada Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: manuscript. Catalog Number: RYA-003.001.
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