More than 200 Native American groups were populating what is now central and southern Texas and northeastern Mexico when the Spanish conquistadores first arrived.

These bands were later collectively named Coahuiltecan as was the language they spoke, which was used largely for commercial purposes. Spanish records and other documents indicate that the Coahuiltecan language was spread by the Spaniards’ need to communicate with all of the bands, as they attempted conversions to Catholicism and colonization into their society. However, each band had their own distinct language, some of which has been studied and published by distinguished linguistic experts and other scholars.

The Institute has just released its Coahuiltecan Traditional Ceremonial Songs CD and accompanying manual.  For details, CLICK HERE.

For a Coahuiltecan language dictionary and other relevant information published by the Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, please click here.

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