Chickasaw

CIC

moribund

Dialects: None known. Choctaw , find Chickasaw unintelligible.

Genealogy:

Muskogean
Western Muskogean

Demographics: 600 (Golla 2007), decreasing. Ethnic population: 35,000 (1999 Chickasaw Nation).

Language Use: Shifting to English [eng]. Not learned by children. Speakers 50 years and older.

Language Development: Dictionary.

Nation of Origin: United States