Muskogean language family
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Language, Linguistics, Philology
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana
Article abstract: The Muskogean language family, the only linguistic family lying exclusively in the Southeast, is divided into eastern and western branches. The eastern branch includes Alabama and Coushatta (Koasati), Hitchiti-Miccosukee, and Creek-Seminole. The western branch consists of Choctaw-Chickasaw.
Although the available knowledge of the Southeast tribes is somewhat limited, it is certain that the Southeast was an area of great linguistic diversity. Many of the smaller tribes in this area have disappeared, and a number of tribes are identifiable by name...
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