Apalachee language

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Apalachee
Native toUnited States
RegionFlorida
EthnicityApalachee
Extinctearly 18th century
Muskogean
  • Eastern
    • Apalachee
Language codes
ISO 639-3xap
xap
Glottologapal1237

Apalachee was a

Muskogean language of Florida. It was closely related to Koasati and Alabama.[1]

The language is known primarily from one document, a letter written in 1688 to Charles II of Spain. Geoffrey Kimball has produced a grammatical sketch[2] and a vocabulary of the language[3] based on the contents of the letter.

Apalachee was found to belong to the same branch of the Muskogean family as Koasati, Alabama, and Hitchiti.[4]

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m
n
Plosive
 plain p
t
 		tʃ k ⟨c, g⟩
voiced b
Fricative
 plain f s h
lateral
ɬ
 ⟨lz⟩
Approximant
 w ⟨gu, w⟩
l
 		j ⟨y⟩

Orthography is only shown where it differs from the IPA.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i
Close-mid o
Open a

Vowels may also be elongated.

References

  1. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.72.4700
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  2. JSTOR 1265142
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  3. JSTOR 1265100
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  4. doi:10.1086/464031
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