Alternate Names: Alibamu
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: less than 50% with Koasati ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 250 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 460 (2000 census). Alabama and Texas.
Language Use: Home, Senior Citizen Center. Teens to elderly; the language of choice among those 50 and older. Some are bilingual in Koasati [cku] with whom they share a reservation. Used as L2 by Koasati [cku].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Extremely low. Dictionary.
Nation of Origin: United States