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Choctaw leid

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Choctaw
Chahta'
Native taeUnitit States
RegionSootheastren Oklahoma
an east central Mississippi,
an intae Louisiana an Tennessee
Native speakers
10,400 (2010 census)[1]
Leid codes
ISO 639-2cho
ISO 639-3cho
Choctaw leid spread in the Unitit States.
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The Choctaw leid, tradeetionally spoken bi the Hamespun American Choctaw fowk o the sootheastren Unitit States, is a member o the Muskogean faimily. Altho Chickasaw is sometimes leetit as a dialect o Choctaw, mair extensive documentation o Chickasaw haes shawn that Choctaw an Chickasaw are best treatit as separate but closely relatit leids.[2]

References

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  1. Choctaw at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. Munro 1984