Alabama-Coushatta

Information about the Alabama-Coushatta

Koasati (usually Coushatta) is a Native American language of Muskogean stock. 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. Linguist Geoffrey Kimball has estimated the number of speakers of the language to be around 400 people with approximately 350 speakers living in Louisiana (Kimball 1991).

The language is related to Mikasuki language and some native speakers of Coushatta report they have been able to understand Mikasuki even without previous exposure to the language. Coushatta is also related to the Alabama language but though the Coushatta and Alabama have historically lived in close proximity, the two languages are not mutually intelligible without extensive exposure.

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