Taensa language
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The Taensa language was spoken by the Taensa people originally of northeastern Louisiana, and later with historical importance in Alabama. Though poorly documented, it was probably a dialect of the Na
Daniel Garrison Brinton, initially positive, later argued the grammar was a hoax.
Albert Gatschet
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Albert Louis Samuel Gatschet was a Swiss-American linguist, philologist, and ethnologist. He is best known for his contributions to the study of the Indigenous peoples and languages of North America.
Taensa language
…the Taensa language. When the material was published, two eminent French Americanists, Lucien Adam and Julien Vinson, supported the work. The linguist Albert Samuel Gatschet defended the work at first. Gatschet stated that the language was unrelated to any other. In 1885 he started studies in Indiana, and thereafter became…
Gatschet's death certificate