Choctaw language (original) (raw)
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| Choctaw | |
|---|---|
| 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] |
| Language family | MuskogeanWesternChoctaw |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Choctaw Nation |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | cho |
| ISO 639-3 | cho |
| Glottolog | choc1276 |
| ELP | Choctaw |
 Current geographic distribution of the Choctaw language |
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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]
- 1 2 Choctaw at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
- ↑ Martin, Jack (2016). New Choctaw Dictionary. Durant, Oklahoma: The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-9840968-7-9.
- ↑ Munro 1984