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NATIVE HISTORY ASSOCIATION - Muscogee (Creek)

Muskogee (Creek) Language Tutor

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Muskogee (Creek)

Creek is a Muskogean language. Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole are also Muskogean languages. These lessons are based on the Muskogee (Creek) Language Sampler published by Various Indian Peoples Publishing Company.

Pronunciation Guide

Sounds Represented By Vowels Sounds Represented By Consonants Are As In English Except For:
as in 'father' 'c'  as 'ch' in "cheese" or sometimes "z"
'v'  short as in "arena" 'k'  as in 'g' in "gum"
'e'  short as  in 'pit' 'p'  as 'b' in boy and sometimes as 'p'
'i' long as in 'lay', or short (eh) when final vowel in word 'r' as 'hl' similar to "thl"
'o' as in 'note' s as z in "zoo"
'u' as 'oo' 'fool' t as 'dt', as "t" when two occur in a word

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Lesson 1 - Small Talk Lesson 3 - Food
Lesson 2 - Animals Lesson 4 - Numbers

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