Muskogean languages

E59418
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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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Muskogean languages canonical 37
Muskogean-speaking peoples 3
Eastern Muskogean 2

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 (52)

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

Native Americans → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of North America → hasLanguageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Choctaw Nation → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Creek (Muscogee) Nation → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Seminole → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands → historicalInhabitants → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muskogean-speaking peoples
Southeastern Woodlands → languageFamilies → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Muskogean languages → languageBranch → Muskogean languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Muskogean languages
Eastern Woodlands → traditionalInhabitants → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muskogean-speaking peoples
Mayami → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muskogean languages (attributed, uncertain)
Creek (Muscogee) → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Withlacoochee River (Suwannee River tributary) → hasNameOrigin → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muskogean language
Yamasee → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Choctaw people → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
“Five Civilized Tribes” → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Five Civilized Tribes
Choctaw language → family → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muskogean language family
Muscogee language → subfamilyOf → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Muskogean languages
Muscogee language → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Chickasaw language → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Chickasaw language → subfamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Muskogean
Mikasuki language → family → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Mikasuki language → subfamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Muskogean
Bowlegs → language → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Lower Creeks → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Apalachee → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Alabama people → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Alabama people → linguisticBranch → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Muskogean
Alabama people → nameLanguageOrigin → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Koasati → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Koasati → traditionalAffiliation → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muskogean-speaking peoples
Pensacola people → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Houma people → traditionalLanguage → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Muskogean language
Apalachee people → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
North American language family → includes → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Alabama language → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Koasati language → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Natchez language → arealRelation → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Hitchiti language → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Hitchiti language → languageFamilyBranch → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muskogean
Proto-Muskogean language → subfamilyOf → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Proto-Muskogean language → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muskogean
Proto-Muskogean language → hasDescendantGroup → Muskogean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Muskogean languages
Koasati people → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Mikasuki people → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Hitchiti people → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Choctaw chief Tuskaloosa → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Tuskaloosa
American Indian languages → haveSubgroup → Muskogean languages ⓘ
Houma → languageFamily → Muskogean languages ⓘ