Muskogean | |
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Geographic distribution | Southeastern North America |
Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
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Language codes | |
Glottolog | musk1252 |
Pre-contact distribution of Muskogean languages |
Muskogean (also Muskhogean, Muskogee) is a Native American language family spoken in different areas of the Southeastern United States. Though the debate concerning their interrelationships is ongoing, the Muskogean languages are generally divided into two branches, Eastern Muskogean and Western Muskogean. Typologically, Muskogean languages are agglutinative. One documented language, Apalachee, is extinct and the remaining languages are critically endangered.