Koasati language

Spoken in

  • Muskogee languages Eastern Muskogean languages Coushatta

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Nai ( Indigenous Languages ​​of North America )

Cku

Coushatta or Koasati is a North American Indian language and belongs to the family of languages ​​of the Muskogean languages. The language spoken by the Coushatta, most of whom live in Allen Parish north of the city Elton (Louisiana ). A smaller number, a reserve shall, at Livingston (Texas ) with the Alabama Indians. The linguist Geoffrey Kimball estimated the number of Coushatta spokesman to about 400 people, of which about 350 live in Louisiana ( Kimball 1991).

Coushatta is related to the Alabama language closest to, but although the Coushatta and Alabama have historically lived very closely together, their languages ​​without acclimatization are not mutually intelligible. The language is also related to Hitchiti - Mikasuki language and some Coushatta spokesman claiming that they could understand Mikasuki without much acclimatization period.

A special feature of Koasati is that men and women use different grammatical forms of verbs.

Credentials

  • Geoffrey D. Kimball: Koasati Grammar. University of Nebraska Press, 1991, ISBN 0-80322725-6.
  • Geoffrey D. Kimball: Koasati Dictionary. University of Nebraska Press, 1994, ISBN 0-80322726-4.
Livingston (Texas) Language family Allen Parish, Louisiana Indian reservation Alabama people Linguistics
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