Apalachee language

Apalachee was a Muskogean language of Florida. It was closely related to Koasati and Alabama.^[1] Apalachee was found to belong to the same branch of the Muskogean family as Koasati, Alabama, and Hitchiti.^[2]

Apalachee
Native to	United States
Region	Florida
Ethnicity	Apalachee
Extinct	early 18th century
Language family	Muskogean Eastern Apalachee
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xap
Linguist List	xap
Glottolog	apal1237

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^[3] and a vocabulary of the language^[4] based on the contents of the letter.

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.