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Sigma KEE - MikasukiLanguage
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mikasuki language
The MikasukiLanguage is an EasternMuskogeanLanguage of the UnitedStates. SIL code: MIK. ISO 639-2: nai. Population: 496 speakers including 33 monolinguals (1990 census), out of 1,200 population (1977 SIL). Region: Southern Florida. Alternate names: HITCHITI, MIKASUKI SEMINOLE, MICCOSUKEE. Dialects: HITCHITI, MIKASUKI. Comments: Not intelligible with Creek, Alabama, or Koasati. There are monolinguals only among elderly women. Others use English as second language. Language use is vigorous except at Hollywood, where most younger ones do not speak Mikasuki. Bible portions 1980-1985.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancescontent bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 eastern muskogean languageOf the six MuskogeanLanguages, four closely related languages are classified as EasternMuskogeanLanguages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 muskogean languageA MuskogeanLanguage is any one of six related languages, spoken in the UnitedStates, forming a distinct family of languages that are unrelated to any others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
Belongs to Class muskogean language


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