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The Choctaw language (Choctaw: Chahta anumpa [2]), spoken by the Choctaw, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, US, is a member of the Muskogean language family. Chickasaw is a separate but closely related language to Choctaw. [3] The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma published the New Choctaw dictionary in 2016.
Mobilian Jargon (also Mobilian trade language, Mobilian Trade Jargon, Chickasaw–Choctaw trade language, Yamá) was a pidgin used as a lingua franca among Native American groups living along the north coast of the Gulf of Mexico around the time of European settlement of the region. It was the main language among Native tribes in this area ...
Muskogean (also Muskhogean, Muskogee) is a Native American language family spoken in different areas of the Southeastern United States.Though the debate concerning their interrelationships is ongoing, the Muskogean languages are generally divided into two branches, Eastern Muskogean and Western Muskogean.
Choctaw may also refer to: Choctaw language; Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Places. Choctaw County, Alabama; Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge, a wildlife refuge in Alabama;
Either named for the Palouse River, whose name comes from Sahaptin palú:s, "what is standing up in the water"; or for Opelousas, Louisiana, which may come from Choctaw api losa, "black body". [167] Barracuda (definition) from Spanish, perhaps originally from Carib. [168] Bayou (definition) from early Choctaw bayuk, "creek, river", via French ...
Around 15,000 Choctaws left the old Choctaw Nation for the Indian Territory, much of the state of Oklahoma today. [1] The name Oklahoma was created in 1886 by Principal Chief Allen Wright (Choctaw, 1826–1885). [15] The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma states that in the Choctaw language Okla means "people" and humma means "red." [16] [15]
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The Choctaw code talkers were a group of Choctaw Indians from Oklahoma who pioneered the use of Native American languages as military code during World War I. The government of the Choctaw Nation maintains that the men were the first American native code talkers ever to serve in the US military. They were conferred the Texas Medal of Valor in ...