<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Unknown </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Related ethnic groups </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> possibly Atakapa and Island Carib </Td> </Tr> <P> The Karankawa (also known as Carancahuas, Carancahuases, Carancouas, Caranhouas, Caronkawa) were a Native American people concentrated in southern Texas along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico . They consisted of several independent seasonal nomadic groups who shared the same language and much of the same culture . The tribe included the groups called the Cujanes, Cocos, Guapites (Coapites), and Copanes . Some of the village names survived to modern day and are the Ebahamo, Emet, Kouyam, Meracouman, Quara, Quinet, and the Toyal villages . </P>

Which of the following indian groups was most closely related to the karankawas