| Alabama Albaamo innaaɬiilka | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | United States | |
| Region: | Texas | |
| Total speakers: | 100 | |
| Language family: | Muskogean Eastern Muskogean Alabama | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | nai | |
| ISO 639-3: | akz | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Alabama is a Native American language, spoken by the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Texas. It was once spoken by the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town of Oklahoma, but there are no more Alabama speakers in Oklahoma. It is a Muskogean language, and is believed to have been related to the Muklasa and Tuskegee languages, which are no longer extant. Alabama is closely related to Koasati and distantly to Hitchiti, Chickasaw and Choctaw. Also known as Alibamu. [1]
References
- Davis, Philip; & Hardy, Heather. (1988). Absence of noun marking in Alabama. International Journal of Linguistics, 54 (3), 279-308.
- Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). Alabama. In Ethnologue: Languages of the world (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. Accessed online www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=akz on October 1, 2005.
- Hardy, Heather; & Davis, Philip. (1988). Comparatives in Alabama. International Journal of Linguistics, 54 (2), 209-231.
- Hardy, Heather; & Davis, Philip. (1993). Semantics of agreement in Alabama. International Journal of Linguistics, 59 (4), 453-472.
- Hardy, Heather; & Montler, Timothy. (1988). Imperfective gemination in Alabama. International Journal of Linguistics, 54 (4), 399-415.
- Montler, Timothy; & Hardy, Heather. (1991). Phonology of negation in Alabama. International Journal of Linguistics, 57 (1), 1-23.
- Rand, Earl. (1968). Structural phonology of Alabaman, Muskogean language. International Journal of Linguistics, 34 (2), 94-103.
- Sylestine, Cora; Hardy; Heather; & Montler, Timothy (1993). Dictionary of the Alabama Language. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-73077-2.
External links
- Online Alabama-English-Alabama Dictionary
- Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
- Chíkmàa Oolahomma! - How to say "hello" in Alabama
