Do we have anyone in the forum that speaks Muskogee? Or can point me in the right direction of someone that does?
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Do we have anyone in the forum that speaks Muskogee? Or can point me in the right direction of someone that does?
¡Hola!
Aprendí que es una lengua amerindia hablada por la Nación Maskoki en Florida y Oklahoma. Solo hablan esta lengua 4300 personas, así que será difícil dar con algún traductor fuera de esas regiones.
You might try giving Merle Haggard a call Adam. :p Sorry...bad joke:(
There is a city in the States with that name... although it doesn't seem to be any connection with the language.
"There is a city in the States with that name.."
Yes, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.
Hence, my bad joke. "I'm Proud to be an Okie from Muskogee" was a patriotic song that was very popular in the 1970s during the Vietnam War. It was sung by the late country singer Merle Haggard.
There is also a tribe of native American Indians who live in Oklahoma. They are the Muscogee (NOTE: spelled with a C)
The Muscogee language (Mvskoke in Muscogee), also known as Creek, Seminole, Maskókî or Muskogee, is a Muskogean language spoken by Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole people, primarily in the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Florida.
Encontré un sitio web con un montón de material sobre esta lengua:
Muskogee Language
Wow! That is not a lot of people. Thanks for the information guys! And Vicente for the joke ;)
Muchas de las ciudades del sudeste de EEUU tienen nombres de origen muskogeanos.
Tallahasee (FL) es, tal vez, la más importante; pero también existe una ciudad y un condado llamados "Muskogee" en Oklahoma
Chatanooga, en el estado de Tennessee, es otra ciudad con nombre muskogeano
Arbacoochee, from the Muskogean word "abihkuchi" (a pile at the base)
Chattahoochee River, from the Muskogean words "chato" (rock) and "huchi" (marked)
Conecuh County and River, from the Muskogean words "koha" (canabrake) and "anaka" (near) or also from "kono" (skunk) and "ekv" (its head)
Kahatchie, from the Muskogean words "koha hachi" (cane creek)
Letohatchee, from the Muskogean words "li ito fachita" (those who make arrows straight)
Notasulga, from the Muskogean words "noti sulgi" (many teeth)
Opelika, from the Muskogean words "opilwa lako" (big swamp)
There's plenty of names!!!!
:)
Probably hundreds if not thousands of U.S. states, counties, cities, towns, rivers and lakes have names derived from native American languages. Most of the original colonies had names derived from England; like New York, New Hampshire, the Carolinas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Virginia. After that they began to name new states with Indian names. Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Nebraska, etc.
Most of these Muskogean-named cities are located in the southeastern U.S. Some are as far west as Texas and Oklahoma due to the forced relocation of tribes.
I simply love this idea! Sometimes the names of cities, streets, avenues, etc. are chosen after important battles (death).
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Originally Posted by vicente
You're right Vicente. I personally love the name of the river that divide Maine and New Hampshire: "Piscataqua".
I really like what "Muskogee" means! People who have herbal medicine.
Our first doctors?
Well now I know where to start looking for them!! haha :D