| (documentation KoasatiLanguage EnglishLanguage "The KoasatiLanguage is an EasternMuskogeanLanguage of the UnitedStates. SIL code: CKU. ISO 639-2: nai. Population: 600 speakers (1996 Geoff Kimball), including 100 in Texas and 500 speakers out of 600 in the ethnic group in Louisiana. Region: Koasati reservation near Elton, Louisiana, and Alabama-Koasati reservation near Livingston, Texas. Others elsewhere, 1 family in Oregon. The language is no longer used in Oklahoma. Alternate names: COUSHATTA. Comments: The grammars of Koasati and Alabama are significantly different. Less than 50% cognate with Alabama. 30 people have limited English proficiency (1992 D. Rising SIL). Others are quite bilingual in English. A few are more bilingual in Cajun French than in English. In Louisiana the people use Koasati in the home and for church services. More vigorous in Louisiana than Texas. Dictionary. Christian.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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