Miccosukee language

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Muskogean language Native American language indigenous language of the United States language

The Miccosukee language is a Native American Muskogean language traditionally spoken by the Miccosukee people of the southeastern United States, particularly in Florida.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Seminole language	3
Hitchiti–Mikasuki	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Muskogean language ⓘ Native American language ⓘ indigenous language of the United States ⓘ language ⓘ
belongsToBranch	Mikasuki branch of Eastern Muskogean ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Mikasuki language NERFINISHED ⓘ Seminole language NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Miccosukee NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Mikasuki NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikasuki Seminole NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDomain	home and community life ⓘ religious practice ⓘ traditional governance ⓘ
hasGlottocode	mikk1244 ⓘ
hasGlottologName	Mikasuki NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasISO6393Code	mik ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ prefixes and suffixes ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers	few hundred speakers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ nasal vowels ⓘ tone or pitch accent distinctions ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort	community programs ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ language classes ⓘ
hasTypology	agglutinative language ⓘ
hasWordOrder	subject–object–verb ⓘ
historicalRegion	Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
isEndangered	true ⓘ
languageFamily	Eastern Muskogean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Muskogean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy	Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Everglades NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern United States ⓘ
spokenBy	Miccosukee people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
spokenPrimarilyBy	older adults ⓘ
status	threatened ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Eastern Muskogean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
taughtIn	Miccosukee community schools NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs	marker of Miccosukee identity ⓘ
usedFor	cultural ceremonies ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ storytelling ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mikasuki language → alsoKnownAs → Miccosukee language ⓘ

Mikasuki language → branch → Miccosukee language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hitchiti–Mikasuki

Muscogee language → closelyRelatedTo → Miccosukee language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seminole language

Miccosukee Indian Reservation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Miccosukee language ⓘ

North American language family → includes → Miccosukee language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seminole language

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma → traditionalLanguage → Miccosukee language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seminole language