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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
 United States
      Oklahoma (Choctaw Nation only)
Language codes
ISO 639-2cho
ISO 639-3cho
Glottologchoc1276
ELPChoctaw
Current geographic distribution of the Choctaw language
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PeopleChahta
LanguageChahta anumpa
CountryChahta Yakni

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

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma published the New Choctaw dictionary in 2016.

  1. ^ a b Choctaw at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) Closed access icon
  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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