Editing Chickasaw language (section)

{{Short description|Muskogean language from the US}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Chickasaw
|nativename={{lang|cic|Chikashshanompaꞌ}}
|states=[[United States]]
|region=South central [[Oklahoma]], from Byng or Happyland (near Ada) north, and from Davis or Ardmore west to Fillmore and Wapanucka in east. 
|ethnicity=35,000 (1999)<ref name=e21/>
|speakers=75
|ref=e21
|date=2017
|familycolor=American
|fam1=[[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]]
|fam2=Western Muskogean
|iso3=cic
|glotto=chic1270
|glottorefname=Chickasaw
|map=Chickasaw.svg
|mapcaption={{legend inline|#438ace|Historical}} Chickasaw territory and {{legend inline|#299c97|current}} Chickasaw territory (Chickasaw Nation), where the language was and is currently spoken
| map2=Oklahoma Indian Languages.png 
|mapcaption2=Distribution of [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Native American languages]] in [[Oklahoma]]
|notice=IPA
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym |person= |people= [[Chickasaw people|Chikashsha]] |language= Chikashshanompaꞌ |country= Chikashsha Yaki}}
The '''Chickasaw language''' ('''{{lang|cic|Chikashshanompaꞌ}}''', {{IPA|cic|tʃikaʃːanompaʔ}}) is a [[Native American languages|Native American language]] of the [[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]] family.  It is [[agglutinative]] and follows the word order pattern of [[subject–object–verb]] (SOV).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Chikashshanompaꞌ Kilanompoliꞌ|last=Munro|first=Pamela |author2=Catherine Willmond|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|year=2008}}</ref> The language is closely related to, though perhaps not entirely [[mutually intelligible languages|mutually intelligible]] with, [[Choctaw language|Choctaw]]. It is spoken by the [[Chickasaw]] tribe, now residing in Southeast [[Oklahoma]], centered on [[Ada, Oklahoma|Ada]].

The language is currently spoken by around 50 people, mostly Chickasaw elders who grew up with the language. Due to [[American Indian boarding schools|boarding schools]] in the 20th century and [[Indian removal|Chickasaw removal]] from [[Mississippi|their homeland]] in the 19th century, the widespread knowledge about the language and culture amongst the nation has largely decreased.