Choctaw language
| Choctaw (Chahta) | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | United States |
| Region: | Southeastern Oklahoma and east central Mississippi, and into Louisiana and Tennessee. |
| Total speakers: | About 9,200 |
| Ranking: | Not in top 100 |
| Genetic classification: | Muskogean
Western Muskogean |
| Official status | |
| Official language of: | - |
| Regulated by: | - |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639–2 | cho |
| SIL | CHO |
| See also: Language – List of languages | |
The Choctaw language, traditionally spoken by the Native American Choctaw tribe of the southeastern United States, is a member of the Muskogean family. It is very closely related to Chickasaw and some linguists consider the two dialects of a single language, although recent reports indicate that speakers of Choctaw find Chickasaw to be unintelligible.
Examples
Some common Choctaw phrases:
- Choctaw: Chahta
- hello: halito
- thank you: yokoke
- what is your name?: Chi hohchifo nanta?
- my name is... sa hohchifo ut...
- yes: a
- no: keyu
- I don't understand: Ak akostinincho
- Do you speak Choctaw?: Chahta imanumpa ish anumpola hinla ho?
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