Chickasaw
A language of United States
| Population | 1,000 (Munro and Willmond 1987), decreasing. Ethnic population: 35,000 to 37,000 (1999 Chickasaw nation). |
| Region | Principally south central Oklahoma, from Byng or Happyland (near Ada) north, and from Davis or Ardmore west to Fillmore and Wapanucka in east. Some in Los Angeles, California. |
| Language map |
Southeastern United States of America |
| Dialects | Choctaw [cho] find Chickasaw unintelligible. |
| Classification | Muskogean, Western |
| Language use | Shifting to English. Mainly older adults. |
| Language development | Dictionary. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
PAYNE, Doris L., author. 1980. "Switch-reference in Chickasaw."
PAYNE, Doris L., author. 1982. "Chickasaw agreement morphology: a functional explanation."
Ethnologue: Web |
Ethnologue: Print |
Bibliography |
Publications Catalog |
Software |
Email Updates
Who we are |
Shopping cart |
Site search |
Site map |
Home
Bibliography data last updated: April-2012
Contact us
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | External links
Copyright © 2012 SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics)
