Mikasuki

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A language of United States

ISO 639-3
mik
Alternate Names
Miccosukee, Mikasuki Seminole, Mikisúkî
User Population

290 (2015 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). 35 monolinguals.

Location

Florida: Big Cypress, Immokalee, Hollywood, and Tampa Seminole reservations.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Seminole Tribe of Florida.

Classification
Muskogean, Eastern Muskogean, Central Muskogean, Hitchiti-Mikasuki
Dialects

Hitchiti, Mikasuki. Hitchiti dialect is extinct. Not intelligible with Alabama [akz] or Koasati [cku].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Full range of social functions, spoken by tribal leaders, in churches, and at ceremonial groups, as well as in some schools (Golla 2007). Monolinguals only among older adult women. Most also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Muskogee [mus].

Language Development

Bible portions: 1980–1991.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mikasuki
Writing

Latin script [Latn].