Atakapan

noun

Ata·​ka·​pan

variants or Attacapan

-pən,

-ˌpän,

-ˌpȯn

plural Atakapan or Atakapans or Attacapan or Attacapans

: a language family of the Gulf phylum in Louisiana and Texas comprising the Atakapa language

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