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250-300

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North America
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250-300

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Spoken by 250 to 300 residents of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation near Livingston, in the Big Thicket area of East Texas. Alabama speakers share the reservation with a smaller number of Koasati (Coushatta) speakers, and some individuals have learned to speak or understand both of these related languages. Until recently there were also a few elderly speakers of Alabama among the 900 enrolled members of the Alabama-Quassarte Tribe, an administrative subdivision of the Muskogee Creek Nation, in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. In Texas, Alabama is the language of choice among those 50 and above and is used at home and at the Senior Citizen Center. The youngest speakers are probably in their teens.

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2008

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Texas, Oklahoma

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Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation near Livingston, in the Big Thicket area of East Texas. Until recently there were also a few elderly speakers of Alabama among members of the Alabama-Quassarte Tribe, an administrative subdivision of the Muskogee Creek Nation, in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.

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Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation near Livingston, in the Big Thicket area of East Texas. Until recently there were also a few elderly speakers of Alabama among members of the Alabama-Quassarte Tribe, an administrative subdivision of the Muskogee Creek Nation, in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

275

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2010

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30.7158,-94.7028

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250-300

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Alabama is the language of choice among those 50 and above and is used at home and at the Senior Citizen Center.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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The Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation near Livingston, in the Big Thicket area of East Texas.

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English, Koasati/Coushatta

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School and church services

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2010

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30.7158,-94.7028

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

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Ethnic Population

460

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Data for the number of native speakers is from T. Montler (1997). The number of speakers is decreasing. Information for ethnic population is from the 2000 US census.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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USA;

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Southeastern Texas, Alabama-Coushatta Reservation near Livingston.

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Southeastern Texas, Alabama-Coushatta Reservation near Livingston.

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250

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460

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250 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 460 (2000 census).

Year of info

2016

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USA: Alabama, Texas

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2005

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32.3333333333,-87.4166666667

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