Editing Muscogee language (section)

{{Short description|Indigenous American language}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Muscogee
| altname          = Creek ([[exonym]])
| nativename       = {{lang|mus|Mvskoke}}
| states           = [[United States]]
| region           = East central [[Oklahoma]], Muscogee and Seminole, south Alabama Creek, [[Florida]], Seminole of Brighton Reservation.
| ethnicity        = 100,000 [[Muscogee|Muscogee people]] (2024)<ref> Muscogee Nation website</ref>
| speakers         = <400
| date             = 2024
| ref              = <ref>  Powell, Amy; Martin, Jack (May 17, 2024). "The Muscogee Language Documentation Project". William & Mary.</ref>
| familycolor      = American
| fam1             = [[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]]
| fam2             = Eastern
| nation           = {{flag|Muscogee Nation}}
| iso2             = mus
| iso3             = mus
| glotto           = cree1270
| glottorefname    = Creek
| map              = Muskogee USC2000 PHS.svg
| mapcaption       = Current geographic distribution of the Creek language
| map2             = Oklahoma Indian Languages.png
| mapcaption2      = Distribution of [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Native American languages]] in [[Oklahoma]]
| notice           = IPA
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|[maskókî]}}
}}

The '''Muscogee language''' (also '''Muskogee''' {{IPA|mus|maskó:gi|}}, {{lang|mus|'''Mvskoke'''}} {{IPA|mus|ma(:)skó:gi|}}), previously referred to by its [[exonym]], '''Creek''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Muscogee Citizen Data |url=https://www.muscogeenation.com |website=Muscogee Nation}}</ref> is spoken by [[Muscogee]] (Creek) and [[Seminole]] people, primarily in the [[US states]] of [[Oklahoma]] and [[Florida]].

Muscogee was historically spoken by various constituent groups of the Muscogee confederacy in what are now [[Alabama]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. In the early 18th century some Muscogee speakers began to join speakers of Hitchiti-Mikasuki in [[Florida]]. Combining with other ethnicities there, they emerged as the [[Seminole]]. During the 1830s, the US government forced most Muscogee and Seminole to relocate west of the [[Mississippi River]], with most forced into [[Indian Territory]].

Muscogee is today spoken by fewer than 400 people, most of whom live in [[Oklahoma]] and are members of the [[Muscogee (Creek) Nation|Muscogee Nation]] and the [[Seminole Nation of Oklahoma]].<ref name="foo"> Powell, Amy; Martin, Jack (May 17, 2024). "The Muscogee Language Documentation Project". William & Mary</ref> Some speakers of Muscogee are also members of the [[Seminole Tribe of Florida]]. The variety of Muscogee spoken by Seminoles in Oklahoma is sometimes referred to as "Seminole". Among Seminoles in Florida, Hitchiti-Mikasuki is the dominant language, however.

Muscogee belongs to a family of languages known as [[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]]. Muscogee is related to, but not mutually intelligible with, [[Choctaw language|Choctaw]], [[Chickasaw language|Chickasaw]], [[Alabama language|Alabama]], [[Koasati language|Koasati]], [[Apalachee language|Apalachee]], and [[Mikasuki language|Hitchiti-Mikasuki]].