Dialects: None known. Choctaw find Chickasaw , unintelligible.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 10,400 (2010 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 20,000 (Golla 2007). In Oklahoma.
Language Use: Language preservation activities emphasize distance learning (Golla 2007). Prominent in church. All ages in Mississippi, middle-aged and older in Oklahoma. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Koasati [cku].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. NT: 1848.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: United States
Other Comments: The Houma are 12,000 racially mixed descendants of a Choctaw subgroup in southern Louisiana who speak a dialect of Cajun French ,, and no longer speak Choctaw.