Alternate Names: Hitchiti, Miccosukee, Mikasuki Seminole
Dialects: Hitchiti, Mikasuki. Not intelligible with Alabama , or Koasati ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 190 (2010 census). Spoken by most of the 400 members of the Miccosukee Tribe as well as by many of the 2,700 members of the Seminole Tribe (Golla 2007). 496 (1990 census). 35 monolinguals.
Language Use: Full range of social functions, spoken by tribal leaders, in churches, and at ceremonial groups, as well as in some schools. Monolinguals only among older adult women. Others also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Muskogee [mus].
Language Development: Bible portions: 1980–1985.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: United States