___. We like ___. They like ___. Y'all like ___. Do you like ___? |In this block, we will use hattak shawi' imimpa (bananas: literally, "the raccoon man's food") as an example for what the person/group likes. As for the last instance, "ch" sounds turn into "sh" sounds when suffixes beginning with a 't' are attached to the end of a word. Hattak shawi' imimpa' ayokpanshli. Hattak shawi' imimpa' ayokpanchi. Hattak shawi' imimpa' ishayokpanchi. Hattak shawi' imimpa' illayokpanchi. Hattak shawi' imimpa' hooayokpanchi. Hattak shawi' imimpa' hashayokpanchi. Hattak shawi' imimpa' ishayokpáshtaa? |- |Deer Panther Wildcat Raccoon Bird Alligator Bear Fox Turtle Skunk Wolf Fish Squirrel Blackbird Buzzard Hawk Eagle Duck Goose Swan Turkey |All these animals are, or were, significant to Chickasaw culture and religion. Issi''' Kowishto Kowimilhlha' or kowi' imilhlha Shawi Foshi Hachonchaba Nita Chola Loksi Koni''' Nashoba Nani Fani Chalhlha Shiiki Akankabi Osi Fochosh Shalaklak or hancha Ookak Chaloklowa |- |Yellow Red Pink Green/Blue Brown Orange Purple Gray Black White |As with most adjectival verbs in Chickasaw, colors will end in a glottal stop (') when attached to a noun (ex. foshi' homma''') Lakna HommaHommayyi Okchamali Losayyi Takolo lakna Homma chommi Shobbokoli Losa Tohbi|} Notes Bibliography Gordon, Matthew. (2004). "A phonological and phonetic study of word-level stress in Chickasaw". International Journal of American Linguistics, 70 (1), 1-32. Munro, Pamela; Willmond, Catherine (1994). Chickasaw: An analytical dictionary''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Munro, Pamela; Willmond, Catherine (2008) Let's Speak Chickasaw = Chikashshanompa' Kilanompoli'. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. "The Chickasaw People." www.utm.edu. 2017. External links Chickasaw Language Revitalization Program, Chickasaw Nation Chickasaw Language - Information & Videos - Chickasaw.TV Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Chickasaw A phonological and phonetic study of word-level stress in Chickasaw (pdf) The phonology of pitch accents in Chickasaw (pdf) OLAC resources in and about the Chickasaw language A History of the Chickasaw People (website) http://www.omniglot.com/writing/chickasaw.htm Agglutinative languages Chickasaw Muskogean languages Subject–object–verb languages Indigenous languages of Oklahoma Indigenous languages of the North American Southeast Native American language revitalization Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas