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Muskogee (Creek)
Creek is a Muskogean language. Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole are also Muskogean languages. These lessons are based on the Muskogee (Creek) Language Sampler published by Various Indian Peoples Publishing Company.
Pronunciation Guide
| Sounds Represented By Vowels | Sounds Represented By Consonants Are As in English Except For: |
| 'a' as in 'father' | 'c' as 'ch' in "cheese" or sometimes "z" |
| 'v' short as in "arena" | 'k' as in 'g' in "gum" |
| 'e' short as in 'pit' | 'p' as 'b' in boy and sometimes as 'p' |
| 'i'
long as in 'lay',
or short (eh) when final vowel in word |
'r' as 'hl' similar to "thl" |
| 'o' as in
'note' |
s as z in "zoo" |
| 'u' as
'oo' 'fool' |
t as 'dt', as "t" when two occur in a word |
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