Creek language

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Creek language is a Muskogean Native American language traditionally spoken by the Muscogee (Creek) people of the southeastern United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Muskogean language
Native American language
indigenous language of the United States
closelyRelatedTo Mikasuki language NERFINISHED
Seminole language NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnicGroup Muscogee (Creek) people NERFINISHED
Seminole people NERFINISHED
family Muskogean language family NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Muscogee language NERFINISHED
Muskogee language NERFINISHED
Mvskoke language NERFINISHED
hasDialects Hitchiti-Mikasuki (historically related) NERFINISHED
Muscogee Creek NERFINISHED
Seminole Creek NERFINISHED
hasEducationalUse taught in some tribal schools
taught in some university Native American studies programs
hasGrammaticalFeature noun incorporation (limited)
switch-reference system
verb-heavy morphology
hasISO639-2Code mus
hasISO639-3Code mus
hasMorphologicalFeature polysynthetic tendencies
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
nasal vowels
rich consonant inventory including glottal stop
hasWordOrder flexible word order
languageCode mus
languageFamilyBranch Eastern Muskogean NERFINISHED
languageStatus endangered language
nativeTo Alabama NERFINISHED
Florida NERFINISHED
Georgia NERFINISHED
southeastern United States NERFINISHED
region Alabama NERFINISHED
Florida NERFINISHED
Georgia NERFINISHED
Oklahoma NERFINISHED
revitalizationStatus subject of language revitalization programs
spokenBy Muscogee (Creek) Nation NERFINISHED
Poarch Band of Creek Indians NERFINISHED
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma NERFINISHED
Seminole Tribe of Florida NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Eastern Muskogean languages NERFINISHED
typicalWordOrder SOV
usedIn Muscogee Nation government and cultural programs
oral storytelling traditions
traditional Muscogee ceremonies
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Muscogee language hasAlternativeName Creek language
Hitchiti language relatedTo Creek language
Hitchiti language replacedBy Creek language