Coushatta - Wikipedia
WEBThe Coushatta (Koasati: Koasati, Kowassaati or Kowassa:ti) are a Muskogean-speaking Native American people now living primarily in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.. When the Coushatta first encountered Europeans, their Coushatta homelands where in present-day Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.They have long been closely …
Koasati language - Wikipedia
WEBKoasati (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 …
Aliilamo haslak / Welcome - Koasati
WEBKoasati is a living language spoken by members of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. Koasati has been spoken in the south for many centuries, but tribal members have only recently begun writing the language. The Koasati Digital Dictionary is our attempt to document areas of traditional knowledge: words for plants and animals, family terms ...
Tribal History | Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
WEBTribal History. The Sovereign Nation of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is a federally recognized Native American Tribe with approximately 865 members. The Coushatta people live primarily in Louisiana, with most living in Allen Parish, just north of the town of Elton, Louisiana, and east of Kinder, Louisiana. A small number share a reservation ...
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
WEBA message from David Sickey Chairman, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. On behalf of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, I welcome you to this wonderful Koasati Language website. Many of our Tribal members, our Heritage Department staff, and talented linguists and scholars from all over the world dedicated their time and lives to making this ...
About the Koasati Language Project | Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
WEBKoasati is a living language spoken by members of the Coushatta Tribe in Allen and Jeff Davis Parish, Louisiana, just north of Elton, as well as members of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe in Livingston, TX. Koasati belongs to a family of languages called the Muskogean family. The other members of the family are Choctaw, Chickasaw, Alabama ...
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana - 64 Parishes
WEBAug 26, 2013 · The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is one of four federally recognized tribal governments in Louisiana and one of three federally recognized Coushatta tribal governments. It is the only tribe comprised solely of Coushatta Indians (known as “Koasati” in their native language, which is also called Koasati). The Coushatta first …
Koasati Language and the Coushatta Indian Tribe
WEBKoasati is a Muskogean language of the American Southeast. The language has been in decline, but some young Coushattas are working to keep their ancestral language alive. Like other Muskogean languages, Koasati is a language with morphologically complex verbs and SOV word order. Coushatta language samples and resources.
Koasati language and alphabet - Omniglot
WEBKoasati is also known as Coushatta, Kowassaati or Kowassa:ti. It is a language of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. It is related to Mikasuki and Alabama, and there is apparently considerable mutually intelligibility between Koasati and Mikasuki, though not with …
Koasati Language - Sam Noble Museum
WEBThe Koasati, or Coushatta, language is a member of the Muskogean language family. The tribal name is spelled Quassarte in Oklahoma. Koasati is closely related to the Alabama language, but the languages are not mutually intelligible. Other related languages include Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Hichiti, and Mikasuki.Selected Language …
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