Editing Yuchi language (section)

{{short description|Language of the Yuchi people in the southeastern United States}}
{{use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Cleanup lang|date=December 2024|iso=yuc}}{{Infobox language
| name             = Yuchi
| altname          = Euchee
| nativename       = {{lang|yuc|Tsoyaha}}
| states           = [[United States]]
| region           = East central [[Oklahoma]]
| ethnicity        = 1,500 [[Yuchi]] (2007)<ref name=ethnologue21>{{Ethnologue21|yuc}}</ref>
| speakers         = 0<ref name="RaceAgainstTime">{{Cite news |title='Race against time': Pandemic propels fight to save Native American languages |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/13/pandemic-native-american-languages-481081 |access-date=2021-04-13 |last=Din |first=Benjamin |website=Politico |date=2021-04-13 |language=en}}</ref>
| speakers2        = 
| date             = 2021
| familycolor      = american
| family           = [[Language isolate]]
| iso3             = yuc
| glotto           = yuch1247
| glottorefname    = Yuchi
| notice           = IPA
| map              = Yuchi lang.png
| mapcaption       = Distribution of Yuchi at the time of European contact
| extinct          = August 27, 2021, with the death of Maxine Wildcat Barnett<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Memoriam: Maxine Wildcat Barnett {{!}} Yuchi |url=https://spiritaligned.org/cultural-atlas-circle-2/maxine-wildcat-barnett-yuchi-2/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Spirit Aligned Leadership |language=en-US}}</ref>
| revived          = 12 [[L2 speakers]] (2016)<ref name=ethnologue21/>
}}

'''Yuchi''' or '''Euchee''' is the language of the {{lang|yuc|Tsoyaha}} (Children of the Sun), also known as the [[Yuchi people]], now living in [[Oklahoma]]. Historically, they lived in what is now known as the southeastern [[United States]], including eastern [[Tennessee]], western Carolinas, northern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and [[Alabama]], during the period of early European colonization. Many speakers of the Yuchi language became allied with the [[Muscogee Creek]] when they migrated into their territory in Georgia and Alabama. They were [[Trail of Tears|forcibly relocated]] with them to [[Indian Territory]] in the early 19th century.

In 2009, linguist Mary Linn reported that there were approximately five fluent speakers of Yuchi remaining, and highlighted community-led efforts to teach the language to younger generations.<ref>Linn, Mary Sarah. 2009. ''Yuchi: Language of a New Generation''. In Jon Reyhner & Louise Lockard (eds.), ''Indigenous Language Revitalization: Encouragement, Guidance & Lessons Learned'', 23–29. Northern Arizona University Press.</ref> Some [[audio tape]]s in the Yuchi language exist in the collections of the [[Columbus State University]] Archives in [[Columbus, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph Mahan Collection (MC 32) |url=https://archivesspace.columbusstate.edu/repositories/2/resources/39 |access-date=19 September 2023 |website=Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections |language=en-US}}</ref>