Choctaw language

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

Choctaw
Chahta anumpa
Native to	United States
Region	From Southeastern Oklahoma, to east-central Mississippi and into Louisiana and Tennessee
Ethnicity	20,000 Choctaw (2007)[1]
Native speakers	9,600 (2015 census)[1]
Language family	Muskogean Western Choctaw
Official status
Official language in	Choctaw Nation
Language codes
ISO 639-2	cho
ISO 639-3	cho
Glottolog	choc1276
ELP	Choctaw
Current geographic distribution of the Choctaw language
Distribution of Native American languages in Oklahoma
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