- Alabama language
language
name=Alabama
nativename=Albaamo innaaɬiilka
states=United States
region=Texas
speakers=100
familycolor=American
fam1=Muskogean
fam2=Eastern Muskogean
iso2=nai|iso3=akzAlabama is a Native American language, spoken by the
Alabama-Coushatta tribe ofTexas . It was once spoken by theAlabama-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. [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=akz]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 [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=akz 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.
*External links
* [http://www.ling.unt.edu/~montler/Alabama/Dictionary/ Online Alabama-English-Alabama Dictionary]
* [http://www.alabama-coushatta.com Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas]
* [http://hello-oklahoma.benjaminbruce.us/alabama.htm Chíkmàa Oolahomma!] - How to say "hello" in Alabama
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