Alabama language

Alabama
Albaamo innaaɬiilka
Sign on the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation with phrase "On ti chuka" meaning "welcome"
Native toUnited States
RegionCurrently in Texas, Formerly in Oklahoma and Alabama
EthnicityAlabama
Native speakers
approx. 370 (2015 census)[1]
Muskogean
Language codes
ISO 639-3akz
Glottologalab1237
ELPAlabama
Alabama is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Alabama, also known as Alibamu,[2] (Alabama: Albaamo innaaɬiilka)[3] is a Native American language, spoken by the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Texas.[4] It was once spoken by the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town of Oklahoma, but there are no more Alabama speakers in Oklahoma. It is a Muskogean language, and is believed to have been related to the Muklasa and Tuskegee languages, which are no longer extant. Alabama is closely related to Koasati and Apalachee, and more distantly to other Muskogean languages like Hitchiti, Chickasaw and Choctaw.

  1. ^ Alabama at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Ethnologue report for language code: akz". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  3. ^ "Alabama Dictionary". www.lingtechcomm.unt.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  4. ^ Hardy 2005, p. 75.