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Koasati (also Coushatta) is a Native American language of Muskogean origin. The language is spoken by the Coushatta people,
most of whom live in Allen Parish north of the town of Elton, Louisiana, though a smaller number share a reservation near
Livingston, Texas, with the Alabama people. In 1991, linguist Geoffrey Kimball estimated the number of speakers of the language
at around 400 people, of whom approximately 350 live in Louisiana. The exact number of current speakers is unclear, but Coushatta
Tribe officials claim that most tribe members over 20 speak Koasati. In 2007, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, in collaboration
with McNeese State University and the College of William and Mary, began the Koasati (Coushatta) Language Project as a part
of broader language revitalization efforts with National Science Foundation grant money under the Documenting Endangered Languages
program. Koasati is most closely related to the Alabama language but, though the Coushatta and Alabama have historically lived
near each other, their languages are no longer mutually intelligible without extensive exposure. The language is also related
to the Mikasuki language; some native speakers of Coushatta report they can understand Mikasuki without previous exposure
to the language. |
Names (more)[br] Koasatieg[de] Coushatta [en] Koasati language [fr] Koasati [pt] Língua koasati |
Language type : Living
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