SSBMI Language Department

• Apples are an introduced fruit. The name aapél comes from the English word apple, which speakers adapted to sound like a Nisenan word.
• Some Nisenan speakers also borrowed the Spanish name manzana, adapting it as mansaaná. The names aapél and mansaaná mean the same thing.

Esak’ahá daak’ábe mi c’aykɨ́ɨ? (Do you want to know more?) This webpage is part of a larger initiative to share signage highlighting plants found around the Shingle Springs Rancheria and their Nisenan names.