Mississippi Choctaw

E749628

Mississippi Choctaw is a regional variety of the Choctaw language traditionally spoken by Choctaw communities in the state of Mississippi.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mississippi Choctaw canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language variety ⓘ
regional variety of Choctaw ⓘ
culturalAssociation Mississippi Choctaw oral history ⓘ
Mississippi Choctaw traditional prayers ⓘ
Mississippi Choctaw traditional songs ⓘ
endangeredStatus threatened ⓘ
ethnicGroup Choctaw people ⓘ
hasAncestorLanguage Proto-Muskogean ⓘ
historical Choctaw ⓘ
hasDialectalDifferenceFrom Oklahoma Choctaw in lexicon ⓘ
Oklahoma Choctaw in phonology ⓘ
Oklahoma Choctaw in some morphology ⓘ
hasGrammaticalCategory aspect marking on verbs ⓘ
noun classifiers (limited) ⓘ
person marking on verbs ⓘ
switch-reference markers ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Chickasaw language ⓘ
Oklahoma Choctaw ⓘ
linked to: Choctaw Nation
hasMorphologicalFeature polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
prefixes and suffixes on verbs ⓘ
verb-heavy morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between short and long vowels ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ
voiceless and voiced stops ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature basic SOV word order ⓘ
postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ
ISO639-3 cho ⓘ
languageFamily Muskogean languages ⓘ
languageShiftTo English ⓘ
recognizedBy linguists as a distinct regional variety of Choctaw ⓘ
region southeastern United States ⓘ
relatedTo Louisiana Choctaw ⓘ
Oklahoma Choctaw ⓘ
linked to: Choctaw Nation
revitalizationEffort adult language classes ⓘ
school-based instruction in Choctaw ⓘ
tribal language programs ⓘ
sharesISOCodeWith Choctaw language ⓘ
spokenIn Mississippi ⓘ
United States ⓘ
subdivisionOf Choctaw language ⓘ
subfamily Western Muskogean languages ⓘ
traditionalCommunity Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians ⓘ
usedIn community events ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Choctaw language → hasDialect → Mississippi Choctaw ⓘ
Louisiana Choctaw → sharesAncestryWith → Mississippi Choctaw ⓘ