Choctaw language
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The Choctaw language (Choctaw: Chahta anumpa[2]), spoken by the Choctaw, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, USA, is a member of the Muskogean language family. Chickasaw is a separate but closely related language to Choctaw.[3]
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Choctaw | |
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Chahta anumpa | |
Native to | United States |
Region | From Southeastern Oklahoma, to east-central Mississippi and into Louisiana and Tennessee |
Ethnicity | 20,000 Choctaw (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 9,600 (2015 census)[1] |
Muskogean
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Official status | |
Official language in | United States ā Oklahoma (Choctaw Nation only) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | cho |
ISO 639-3 | cho |
Glottolog | choc1276 |
ELP | Choctaw |
Current geographic distribution of the Choctaw language | |
Distribution of Native American languages in Oklahoma | |
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The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma published the New Choctaw dictionary in 2016.