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This takes into account multiple different linguistic theories about the classification of languages in the Southeastern US while also synthesizing it with existing data. The theories accepted are:

- Yuchi is distantly related to Siouan

- Calusa and its derivative languages is distantly related to Tunica

- Natchez is a para-Muskogean language

- Ishak and Chitimacha derive ultimately from proto-Caddoan, which is an extension of Mary Haas's Gulf languages hypothesis

- Totozoquean speakers from Veracruz influenced the languages of the Lower Mississippi Valley

- A sprachbund emerged in Texarkana that led to the standardization of many grammatical and phonetic features across the Southeast primarily between Caddoan and Muskogean languages

- Timucua is the result of a Taino Arawakan migration into Florida and gradually spreading linguistic and cultural influence across the Atlantic coast of North America

Description

This takes into account multiple different linguistic theories about the classification of languages in the Southeastern US while also synthesizing it with existing data. The theories accepted are:

- Yuchi is distantly related to Siouan

- Calusa and its derivative languages is distantly related to Tunica

- Natchez is a para-Muskogean language

- Ishak and Chitimacha derive ultimately from proto-Caddoan, which is an extension of Mary Haas's Gulf languages hypothesis

- Totozoquean speakers from Veracruz influenced the languages of the Lower Mississippi Valley

- A sprachbund emerged in Texarkana that led to the standardization of many grammatical and phonetic features across the Southeast primarily between Caddoan and Muskogean languages

- Timucua is the result of a Taino Arawakan migration into Florida and gradually spreading linguistic and cultural influence across the Atlantic coast of North America