Muskogean languages

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indigenous languages of the Americas language family

The Muskogean languages are a family of indigenous languages of the Southeastern United States, traditionally spoken by Native American peoples such as the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Muskogean-speaking peoples 2
Muskogean languages (attributed, uncertain) 1
Western Muskogean languages 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alignment nominative–accusative alignment ⓘ
arealGroup Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
hasLanguage Alabama language ⓘ
Apalachee language ⓘ
Chickasaw language ⓘ
Choctaw language ⓘ
Creek language ⓘ
Hitchiti language ⓘ
Houma people ⓘ
surface form: Houma language

Koasati language ⓘ
Mikasuki language ⓘ
Muscogee language ⓘ
Natchez language ⓘ
Muscogee language ⓘ
surface form: Seminole language
languageBranch Eastern Muskogean languages ⓘ
Muskogean languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Muskogean languages
languageFamilyStatus moribund ⓘ
languageRevitalization community-based programs in Florida ⓘ
community-based programs in Oklahoma ⓘ
language classes in tribal schools ⓘ
morphologyFeature polysynthesis ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
phonologyFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ
voiceless sonorants ⓘ
possibleRelative Natchez language ⓘ
protoLanguage Proto-Muskogean language ⓘ
region Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States
status endangered ⓘ
subclassOf Native American language family ⓘ
North American language family ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Alabama people ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
surface form: Chickasaw people

Choctaw people ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
surface form: Creek people

Hitchiti people ⓘ
Koasati people ⓘ
Mikasuki people ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
surface form: Seminole people
typology agglutinative language ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ
usedBy Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
Choctaw Nation ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
surface form: Seminole Tribe of Florida
wordOrder SOV ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Southeastern Woodlands → historicalInhabitants → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muskogean-speaking peoples
Muskogean languages → languageBranch → Muskogean languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Muskogean languages
Southeastern Woodlands → languageFamilies → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Choctaw Nation → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) Nation → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Mayami → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muskogean languages (attributed, uncertain)
Native Americans → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Seminole → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Eastern Woodlands → traditionalInhabitants → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muskogean-speaking peoples