Mississippi Choctaw
E749628
Mississippi Choctaw is a regional variety of the Choctaw language traditionally spoken by Choctaw communities in the state of Mississippi.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language variety
ⓘ
regional variety of Choctaw ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
Mississippi Choctaw oral history
ⓘ
Mississippi Choctaw traditional prayers ⓘ Mississippi Choctaw traditional songs ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Choctaw people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestorLanguage |
Proto-Muskogean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historical Choctaw ⓘ |
| hasDialectalDifferenceFrom |
Oklahoma Choctaw in lexicon
ⓘ
Oklahoma Choctaw in phonology ⓘ Oklahoma Choctaw in some morphology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalCategory |
aspect marking on verbs
ⓘ
noun classifiers (limited) ⓘ person marking on verbs ⓘ switch-reference markers ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith |
Chickasaw language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oklahoma Choctaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
polysynthetic morphology
ⓘ
prefixes and suffixes on verbs ⓘ verb-heavy morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between short and long vowels
ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ voiceless and voiced stops ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
basic SOV word order
ⓘ
postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | cho ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Muskogean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo | English ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | linguists as a distinct regional variety of Choctaw ⓘ |
| region | southeastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Louisiana Choctaw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oklahoma Choctaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
adult language classes
ⓘ
school-based instruction in Choctaw ⓘ tribal language programs ⓘ |
| sharesISOCodeWith | Choctaw language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mississippi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subdivisionOf | Choctaw language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Muskogean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalCommunity | Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
community events
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.