Muscogee (Mvskoke)

Muscogee is a Muskogean language with about 4,700 speakers in the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Florida. It is spoken by the Muscogee (Muscogee) Nation, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The language is also known as Muskogee, Creek or Seminole.

Muscogee first appeared in writing in 1736. Laws were being written in Muscogee from 1849, and a standard alphabet, the 'National Alphabet', was adopted in 1853. By the 1870s newpaper articles in Muscogee were being published.

Muscogee alphabet and pronunciation

Muscogee alphabet and pronunciation

Notes

Sample text

Este vtekat, estimv ton omestowis, svlvfkekot heckvkvtet omet, vrvkkuecvke tayat, momen enyekcetv este vtekat emete mowvlkoset omes. Hoporrenkv momen fvccetv emvkhoyvtet omekv este etvkv vtekat emetecvkketv empoyvfekcv ofvn etohecvkvranet omes.

Gloss

All people, regardless of who they are, are born unenslaved (a descriptive synonym since there is no concept of "freedom"), their worthiness (dignity) and rightfulness (rights) are equal to any other person. They were given wisdom (reason) and conscience, in the spirit of brotherhood, should look upon one another accordingly.

Translation by Patrick Davis

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Information about Muscogee (Creek-Seminole) | Phrases | Numbers | Colours

Links

Information about the Muscogee language
http://web.wm.edu/linguistics/creek/?svr=www
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscogee_language
http://www.flamuseum.com/language.html
http://www.languagegeek.com/se/maskoke.html
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmamcrk4/crk4.html

Online Muscogee language lessons
http://www.nativenashville.com/tutor_muskogee.htm

Muscogee phrases
https://pumvhakv.sno-nsn.gov/category/language-lessons/

Official Site of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
http://www.seminolenation.com

Muskogean languages

Alabama, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Koasati, Mikasuki, Muscogee (Creek-Seminole)

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page last modified: 20.05.22

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