Apalachee > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Apalachee
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Apalachi; Yamasi; Yamasee
Code:
xap
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Muskogean (Muskhogean)
Parent Subgroup:
Unclassified Muskogean (umus)
Brief Description:
"Apalachee was an Eastern Muskogean language that was spoken in the late seventeenth century in northern Florida around present-day Tallahassee and Apalachee Bay. It is attested mainly in a letter written in 1688 to Charles II of Spain, published in 1860, the original of which is lost. This difficult document has been analysed in detail by several scholars and a vocabulary of about 120 items recovered." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 10
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Apalachee
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