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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > United States > Muskogee

Muskogee

A language of United States

ISO 639-3mus

Population  4,300 (1997 C. Pye). 43 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 52,000 (1997 C. Pye); 7,215 (2000 US census).
Region  East central Oklahoma, Creek and Seminole, south Alabama Creek, Florida, Seminole of Brighton Reservation.
Language map  Southeastern United States of America
Alternate names   Creek
Dialects  Creek, Seminole. Similar to Mikasuki [mik] in Florida. The dialects are very similar.
Classification  Muskogean, Eastern
Language use  Mainly adults.
Language development  NT: 1886–1891.
Writing system  Latin script.