Mvskoke
/məˈskoʊ.ki/noun
Mvskoke is the traditional self-name of the Muscogee people and the name of their Indigenous language.
Did you know?The letter “v” in Mvskoke represents a nasalized vowel in the Muscogee writing system, so the spelling is not an abbreviated form of “Muscogee.”
Etymological Timeline
Pre-European Indigenous usage
Muscogee
Mvskoke
“Self-designation of the Muscogee people and their language; the precise internal etymology is not securely established.”
16th–17th Century
Spanish
Muscogee
“Early European rendering of the Indigenous ethnonym, recorded in varying spellings.”
17th–18th Century
English
Muscogee
“English form used for the people and, later, their language.”
18th Century
English
Maskoki
“An alternate historical spelling found in English-language records.”
20th Century
Muscogee
Mvskoke
“Standardized modern spelling using the Muscogee orthography.”
Modern English
English
Mvskoke
“A contemporary English loanword and proper name for the Muscogee people, language, and cultural identity.”