Chickasaw

A language of United States

ISO 639: cic
Alternate Names: Chikashshanompa’
Population: 75 (2017 Chickasaw Nation), decreasing. Ethnic population: 35,000 (1999 Chickasaw Nation).
Location:: Oklahoma: Byng and Happyland (near Ada) north, Davis and Ardmore west, to Fillmore and Wapanucka east. California: Los Angeles.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: The Chickasaw Nation.
Classification: Muskogean, Western Muskogean
Dialects: None known. Choctaw [cho] find Chickasaw unintelligible.
Typology: SOV; 17 consonants and 9 vowels; stress is generally on the final syllable.
Language Use: Not learned by children. Older adults only. Most shifted to English [eng].
Language Development: Dictionary. Chickasaw community languages classes offered weekly. Four course levels are taught at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. There is a montly language club for youth meeting in Ardmore and Ada, Oklahoma (2017 The Chickasaw Nation). Agency: The Chickasaw Nation.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Chickasaw
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Oklahoma: Byng and Happyland (near Ada) north, Davis and Ardmore west, to Fillmore and Wapanucka east. California: Los Angeles.