Mikasuki language
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The Mikasuki language (also Miccosukee or Hitchiti-Mikasuki) is a Muskogean language spoken by around 500 people in southern Florida. It is spoken by the Miccosukee tribe as well as many Seminoles. The now-extinct Hitchiti language was mutually intelligible with Mikasuki.
Sounds
The phonology is apparently:
| Front | Central | Back | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | iː | ĩ | ||||||
| Mid | o | oː | õ | ||||||
| Open | a | aː | ã | ||||||
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | Voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| Voiced | b | |||||
| Affricate | ʧ | |||||
| Fricative | Central | f | ʃ | h | ||
| Lateral | ɬ | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
Grammar
External links
- [A Global Linguistic Database: Mikasuki]
- [Ethnologue report for Mikasuki]
- [Rosetta Project Archive page on Mikasuki]
References
West, John David. 1962. "The Phonology of Mikasuki." Studies in Linguistics 16:77-91.
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