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Name:
Mobilian
Alternate Names:
Mobilian Jargon; Mobilian Trade Language; Yamá; Chickasaw(-Choctaw) Trade Language; Chicasa Trade Jargon; Mobilian Trade Jargon; Mobile
Once Spoken in:
USA
Code:
mod
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Pidgins and Creoles
Parent Subgroup:
Amerindian Pidgin (ampg)
Brief Description:
"Mobilian Jargon was at one time widely used in the southeastern US, among numerous Indian tribes, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Apalachee, Alabama, Koasati, Chitimacha, Natchez, Tunica, Ofo, Biloxi, Caddo, and others, as well as by Europeans. It was based primarily on Muskogean languages. A detailed discussion is that of Drechsel (1997)." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 26
Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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