A global linguistic database : Query result

Number: 4847

Language: Muskogee

Dialect: Creek, Seminole

Location: Alabama

Population: 10,000

Classification: Amerind: Penutian: Gulf: Natchez-Muskogean: Muskogean: Eastern

Grammar: Nathan, Michele. 1977. Grammatical Description of the Florida Seminole Dialect of Creek. New Orleans: Tulane Univ Diss.

Other Sources:

Haas, Mary R. 1940. "Ablaut and Its Funciton in Muskogee," Lg 16, 141-50.
Haas, Mary R. 1951. "Interlingual Word Taboos," American Anthropologist 53, 338-44.
Haas, Mary R. 1956. "Natchez and the Muskogean Languages," Lg 32, 61-72.

Consonant system:

   p t̪ k
    č
ɸ š h
m n̪
    l̪ ɬ̪

Stops: p t̪ k

Affricates: č

Fricatives: ɸ š h

Nasals: m n̪

Laterals: l̪ ɬ̪

Modified Consonants: c̄ all but l w

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

I ʋ
(e)
ɐ

Front Vowels: I (e)

Central Vowels: ɐ

Back Vowels: ʋ

Long Vowels: ī ā ō

Nasal Vowels: ı̃̄ ã̄ ȭ

Syllable: (C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)

Tones: hi-level fall ris

Noun Number: s p (p usually restricted to human nouns)

Demonstratives: 3

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3 6

Syntax: SOV NA GN DN N-NUM POSS-N D+N+A

Prep/Post: POST

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