Choctaw
Chahta anumpa
Choctaw is a Muskogean language spoken in United States, by about 9,200 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Choctaw language (Choctaw: Chahta anumpa), spoken by the Choctaw, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, US, is a member of the Muskogean language family. Choctaw is a separate but closely related language to Chickasaw.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma published the New Choctaw dictionary in 2016.
From Wikipedia · Choctaw language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Choctaw
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | hatak | |
| woman | ohoyo | |
| person | hatak | |
| blood | issish | |
| bone | foni | |
| skin | hakshop | |
| liver | sʋlakha | |
| water | oka | |
| moon | hvshi ninak a̱ya | |
| sea | okhʋta | |
| tree | ʋpi | |
| dog | ofi | |
| fish | nʋni | |
| bird | hushi | |
| horse | issuba | |
| snake | sinti | |
| louse | issʋp | |
| one | ačǎfa | |
| hundred | tahlepa ačǎfa | |
| I | ʋno | |
| sugar | hʋpi champuli | |
| hello | halito | |
| thank you | yakokí | |
| yes | a̱ | |
| house | chuka | |
| new | himona | |
| big | chito | |
| white | tohbi |
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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