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chickasaw language
The ChickasawLanguage is an WesternMuskogeanLanguage of the UnitedStates. SIL code: CIC. ISO 639-2: nai. Population: 1,000 or fewer speakers (1987 Munro and Willmond) out of an ethnic group of 35,000 to 37,000 (1999 Chickasaw nation). Region: Principally in south central Oklahoma, from Byng or Happyland (near Ada) in the north, and from Davis or Ardmore in the west to Fillmore and Wapanucka in the east. Some in Los Angeles, California. Comments: Recent reports indicate that Choctaw speakers find Chickasaw to be unintelligible. Most speakers over 40 years old (1987 Munro and Willmond). Dictionary.(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.
 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.
 western muskogean languageOf the six MuskogeanLanguages, four closely related languages are classified as WesternMuskogeanLanguages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
Belongs to Class muskogean language


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