Euchee, also spelled Yuchi, was originally spoken in present day northern Georgia. Euchee is a language isolate, meaning it is not demonstrably related to any other known languages. However, the possibility of a distant relationship to the Siouan languages has been explored by a number of researchers.
Selected Language Information
Jackson, Jason Baird, and Mary S. Linn. 2000. Calling in the Members: Linguistic Form and Cultural Context in a Yuchi Ritual Speech Genre. Anthropological Linguistics Vol. 42 (1): 61-79.
James M. Crawford Papers. 1906-1988. Manuscript collection 66, American Philosophical Society.
Linn, Mary Sarah. 2001. A Grammar of Euchee (Yuchi). Kansas City, Kansas: University of Kansas.
Linn, Mary S. 1997. Yuchi and Non-Yuchi: A Living Classification. Florida Anthropologist Vol. 50: 189-97.
Wagner, Guënter. 1938. Yuchi Grammar. In Boas, Franz (ed.) Handbook of American Indian Languages. 300–374. New York: Columbia University Press.
Wagner, Gunther. 1931. Yuchi Tales. American Ethnological Society, Vol. 13.
Sample Archival Materials in the Native American Languages Collection
—–. 2007. yUdjEha gO’ wAdA nA-A k’a k’ûne: Euchee Language Project News, January 2007. General Field Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: ephemera. Catalog Number: GEN-054.
Ayres, Gwyneth (author), Linda Harjo (author), Mary Linn (author), Darlene Littledear (author), Terri Longhorn (author), Vickie Mason (author), Margaret Mauldin (author), Waliya Sdiwi (author), Rosie Smith (author), Marie Strickland (author), Tim Thompson (author), Sherrye Wade (author), Pauline Wahpepah (author), Betty Whitson (author), Laura Widney (author). 1993. ONALDI 93 Poems. Akira and Kimiko Yamamato Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: ephemera. Catalog Number: AKY-024.
—–. (n.d.). Index cards with traditional and nontraditional food names in English, Muscogee Creek, and Yuchi. General Field Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: ephemera. Catalog Number: GEN-109.
Wildcat Barnett, Maxine (compiler), Josephine Wildcat Bigler (compiler), Josephine Barnett Keith (compiler), Maggie Cumpsey Marsey (compiler). 2006. Yujēha ‘Yagogwanāha hẽde Sẽthl’ ẽchēnāgo’wādānā. General Field Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: book. Catalog Number: GEN-293.
Elmendorf, William W. (author). 1964. Item and Set Comparison in Yuchi, Siouan, and Yukian. General Field Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: manuscript. Catalog Number: GEN-399.
Brown, Micckah (author). 2013. Young Yuchis. Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: audio/video. Catalog Number: YLF-305.
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