Choctaw language

Choctaw
Chahta anumpa
Native toUnited States
RegionFrom Southeastern Oklahoma, to east-central Mississippi and into Louisiana and Tennessee
Ethnicity20,000 Choctaw (2007)[1]
Native speakers
9,600 (2015 census)[1]
Muskogean
  • Western
    • Choctaw
Official status
Official language in
Choctaw Nation
Language codes
ISO 639-2cho
ISO 639-3cho
Glottologchoc1276
ELPChoctaw
Current geographic distribution of the Choctaw language
Distribution of Native American languages in Oklahoma

The Choctaw language (Choctaw: Chahta anumpa[2]), spoken by the Choctaw, an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands in the United States, is a member of the Muskogean language family. Chickasaw is a separate but closely related language to Choctaw.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Choctaw at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
  2. ↑ Martin, Jack (2016). New Choctaw Dictionary. Durant, Oklahoma: The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-9840968-7-9.
  3. ↑ Munro 1984
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