Apalachee | |
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Native to | United States |
Region | Florida |
Ethnicity | Apalachee |
Extinct | early 18th century |
Muskogean
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xap |
xap | |
Glottolog | apal1237 |
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]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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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.
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | ||
Close-mid | o | ||
Open | a |
Vowels may also be elongated.