Sesostrie Youchigant

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Chief Sesostrie Youchigant was the last native speaker of the Tunica language. He worked with linguist Mary Haas to describe what he remembered of the language,^[1] and the description was published in A Grammar of the Tunica Language in 1939.

References

↑ Tunica Texts, Mary R. Haas, 1950, University of California Press

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Photograph of Youchigant taken by Mary Haas
Article with photo of Youchigant

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Name	Youchigant, Sesostrie
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Short description	Last known speaker of the Tunica language
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