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Muskogean|ˌmʌskəʊˈgiːən, mʌˈskəʊgɪən| Also Muskhogean. [f. Muskogee.] An Indian language family in south-eastern N. Amer., consisting of the Creek-Seminole, Hitchiti-Mikasuki, Alabawa-Koasati, Apalachee, and Choctaw-Chickasaw languages. Also attrib. or as adj.
1891J. W. Powell in 7th Ann. Rep. Bureau Ethnol. 94 (heading) Muskhogean family. 1907F. W. Hodge Hand-bk. Amer. Indians 1. 962/2 The Muskhogean population at the time of first contact with Europeans has been estimated at 50,000. 1932Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Sept. 624/3 Forming part of the Muskhogean culture area east of the Mississippi. 1933[see Creek n.3]. 1940Language XVI. 142 Curiously enough..certain other Muskogean languages closely related to Muskogee do employ gemination as a grammatical process. 1959E. Tunis Indians 19/2 Remnants of the temple-mound culture survived into historical times among the Muskhogean Indians of the Southeast. 1972Language XLVIII. 845 Hockett exemplifies 3a with ‘Arunta.., Muskogean (except Creek-Seminole).., and Wishram’. |