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Name: Atakapa Type: Language Alternate Names: Western Atakapa; Eastern Atakapa; Atakapan; Attacapa Once Spoken in: USA Code: aqp Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: LINGUIST List Families: Gulf Parent Subgroup: Gulf (gulf) Brief Description: "Atakapa is the general term for the languages and dialects of the Atakapan family, formerly spoken for 200 miles along the Gulf of Mexico between Galveston Bay in Texas and Vermillion Bay in Louisiana. There were several dialects, clustering in two emergent languages, Western Atakapa and Eastern Atakapa. Western Atakapa was extensively documented by Gatschet in 1885, and a dictionary, grammatical sketch, and collection of texts were published. The last speakers of any variety of Atakapa died early in the twentieth century. Although a few scholars think Atakapa belongs to a 'Gulf' stock, most consider it an isolate." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 10-11

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Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed