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"Language Practices of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana: A Documentation of Koasati" HRELP Abstract
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Severely Endangered

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200

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Year of info

2011

Location and Context

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USA, Louisiana, Texas

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30.083333,-92.116667;30.709444, -94.934444

Location description

majority live on or near the Coushatta Reservation outside Elton, Louisiana

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majority live on or near the Coushatta Reservation outside Elton, Louisiana

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English

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900

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2010

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30.7155,-94.6965

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2010

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200

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224

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200 (2000 SIL), decreasing. Ethnic population: 224 (2000 census). (Unchanged 2016.)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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USA, Louisiana, Texas

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Louisiana, Texas: Near Elton, Louisiana, Koasati Reservation; near Livingston, TX, Alabama-Koasati Reservation

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Positive

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Louisiana, Texas: Near Elton, Louisiana, Koasati Reservation; near Livingston, TX, Alabama-Koasati Reservation

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Cajun French, English, some Alabama, Choctaw

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More in Louisiana than Texas. Use decreased until the last decade. Fewer than 10 primary school-age speakers. Home, religious services. Mainly adults. Positive attitudes. A few have more proficiency in Cajun French [frc] than in English. Also use Alabama [akz], Choctaw [cho], English [eng]. Used as L2 by Alabama [akz].

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<170

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2007

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USA, Louisiana, Texas

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240?

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those over 50

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The language is spoken in two locations: by approximately 25% of the 900 enrolled members within the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana and by another small group of members of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. The language is endangered in both communities. A few individuals in their twenties understand the language and can converse, but regular use of the language is common only among those over the age of 50.

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2015

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USA, Louisiana, Texas

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2005

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34.8333333333,-85.1666666667

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200

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
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  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  4. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  5. "Language Practices of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana: A Documentation of Koasati" HRELP Abstract
    Hasselbacher, Stephanie. 2011. ""Language Practices of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana: A Documentation of Koasati" HRELP Abstract." Online: www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=233.
    www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=233
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  7. "Kowasa:ton il:halas -- Let Us Hear Koasati: A Filmic Documentation Project of Koasati" NSF DEL Abstract
    Langley, Linda 2007. "Kowasa:ton il:halas -- Let Us Hear Koasati: A Filmic Documentation Project of Koasati" NSF DEL Project
    http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0651290&WT.z_pims_id=12816
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  9. Koasati Grammar
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  10. Alabama and Koasati
    May, Stephanie A. 2004. "Alabama and Koasati." In Southeast, edited by Raymond D. Fogelson. 14: 407-414. Washinton, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  11. Men's and women's speech in Koasati
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  12. Switch Reference in Koasati Discource
    Rising, David P. 1992. "Switch Reference in Koasati Discource." Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington.
  13. Koasati Grammar
    Kimball, Geoffrey. 1991. "Koasati Grammar." University of Nebraska Press.
  14. Koasati Dictionary
    Kimball, Geoffrey D. 1994. "Koasati Dictionary." University of Nebraska Press.