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Examples
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David: Koasati and Mikasuki at opposite ends of the spectrum?
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From my readings, Koasati is closest to Alibamu, then Appalachee, and then Mikasuki.
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A former student of Mvskoke, I have had a soft spot for Koasati for decades.
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There's a very nice sketch of Natchez by Geoff Kimball speaking of Koasati just published earlier this year in the Scancarelli/Hardy volume 'Native Languages of the Southeastern United States'.
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Koasati/Alabama and Hitchiti/Mikasuki are intermediate between them, and share several isoglosses with both.
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The Koasati seem to have included the ancient Alibamu of central Alabama, while the Hitchiti, on lower Chattahoochee river, appear to have been the remnant of the ancient people of southeast Georgia, and claimed to be of more ancient occupancy than the Muscogee.
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There are also about 300 Alabama, "Cushatta" (Koasati), and Muscogee in Texas.
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Hichitee, Koasati, and Yuchi, each with a distinct language; there are also several smaller broken tribes.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Other native tribes that once lived in Alabama include the Biloxi, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Koasati (Coushatta) and Muskogee.
American Chronicle 2008
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"The people speaking the cognate Hitchiti and Koasati were contemptuously designated as "Stincards" by the dominant Muscogee.
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