Editing Choctaw language (section)

{{Short description|Muskogean language spoken in US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Choctaw
| nativename       = {{lang|cho|Chahta anumpa}}
| states           = [[United States]]
| region           = From Southeastern [[Oklahoma]], to east-central [[Mississippi]] and into [[Louisiana]] and [[Tennessee]]
| ethnicity        = 20,000 [[Choctaw]] (2007)<ref name=e21/>
| speakers         = {{sigfig|9640|2}}
| date             = 2015 census
| ref              = e21
| familycolor      = American
| fam1             = [[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]]
| fam2             = Western
| nation           = [[Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma|Choctaw Nation]]
| iso2             = cho
| iso3             = cho
| glotto           = choc1276
| glottorefname    = Choctaw
| map              = Choctaw USC2000 PHS.svg
| mapcaption       = Current geographic distribution of the Choctaw language
| map2             = Oklahoma Indian Languages.png
| mapcaption2      = Distribution of [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Native American languages]] in [[Oklahoma]]
| notice           = IPA
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|person= |people= {{lang|cho|[[Choctaw|Chahta]]}} |language= {{lang|cho|Chahta anumpa}} |country= {{lang|cho|Chahta Okla}}}}
The '''Choctaw language''' (Choctaw: {{lang|cho|Chahta anumpa}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Martin |first=Jack |title=New Choctaw Dictionary |publisher=The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-9840968-7-9 |location=Durant, Oklahoma |pages=40}}</ref>), spoken by the [[Choctaw]], an [[Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands]], US, is a member of the [[Muskogean languages|Muskogean language family]]. [[Chickasaw language|Chickasaw]] is a separate but closely related language to Choctaw.<ref>Munro 1984</ref>

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma published the ''New Choctaw dictionary'' in 2016.