Examples
Some common Choctaw phrases (written in the "Modern" orthography):
- Choctaw: Chahta
- Hello!: Halito!
- See you later!: Chi pisa la chike!
- number: holhtina/holhtini
- Thank you: Yakokí
- What is your name?: Chi hohchifo yat nanta?
- My name is...: Sa hohchifo yat...
- yes: a
- no: kíyo
- okay: ohmi
- I don't understand.: Ak akostiníncho.
- I don't know.: Ak ikháno.
- Do you speak Choctaw?: Chahta imanompa ish anompola hinla ho̱?
- What is that?: Yammat nanta?
Other Choctaw words:
- Cherokee: Chalaki
- Chickasaw: Chickashsha
- Seminole: Siminóli
- Creek/Muskogee: Maskóki
- today: himak nittak
- tonight: himak ninak
- tomorrow: onnakma
- yesterday: piláshásh
- month: hashi
- year/2009: affami/talhípa sippokni toklo akochcha chakkali
- house: chokka
- school: holisso ápisa
- cat: katos
- dog: ofi
- cow: wák
- horse: issoba/soba
Counting to twenty:
- one: achoffa
- two: toklo
- three: tochchína
- four: oshta
- five: talhlhapi
- six: hannali
- seven: otoklo
- eight: otochchina
- nine: chakkali
- ten: pokkoli
- eleven: awahachoffa
- twelve: awahtoklo
- thirteen: awahtochchina
- fourteen: awahoshta
- fifteen: awahtalhlhapi
- sixteen: awahhannali
- seventeen: awahotoklo
- eighteen: awahuntochchina
- nineteen: abichakkali
- twenty: pokkoli toklo
At " Native Nashville " web, there is an Online Choctaw Language Tutor, with Pronunciation Guide and four lessons: Small Talk, Animals, Food and Numbers.
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