Muskogee | Ethnologue

A language of United States

ISO 639: mus
Alternate Names: Creek, Maskoke, Muscogee
Autonym: Mvskoke
Population: 4,470 (2015 census). Spoken by 4,000–6,000 residents of the former territory of the Muscogee Nation and Seminole Nation in Oklahoma and by fewer than 200 of the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Golla 2007). 45 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 52,000 (1997 C. Pye).
Location:: Oklahoma: south Alabama Creek, Creek and Seminole; Florida: Seminole of Brighton Reservation.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Kialegee Tribal Town, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Poarch Band of Creeks, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
Classification: Muskogean, Eastern Muskogean, Creek-Seminole
Dialects: Creek, Seminole. Reportedly similar to Mikasuki [mik] in Florida. Dialects reportedly very similar.
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: Church services, ceremonial speeches. Adults only. Shifting to English [eng]. Also use Mikasuki [mik].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1886–1906. Courses taught at University of Oklahoma. Several schools introduce Creek in first primary years. Has been taught in one elementary school in Florida since 1979 (Golla 2007).
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Muskogee
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oklahoma: south Alabama Creek, Creek and Seminole; Florida: Seminole of Brighton Reservation.