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Muscogee (Creek) Dictionary
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Language Name
Creek-Seminole.
Alternate Language Names
Creek, Mvskoke, Muscogee, Muskogee.
Region
Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, United States.
Who
Muscogee Creek Nation; Jack B. Martin, Margaret McKane Mauldin (authors of the source dictionary).
Others Involved
Linda Alexander, Edna Bear, Rosie Billie, Abraham Bunny, George Bunny, Helen Bunny, Joanna Freeman, Felix Gouge, Juanita Harris, Toney Hill, Shula Jones, Willie Lena, Juanita McGirt, Walter McGirt, Lucy McKane, John Pigeon, Sarah Sampson, Alice Snow, Tim Thompson, Mary Lee Walker, Nettie Walker, Robert Washington (language contributors); Linda Wood, George Bunny (audio contributors).
Joyce Bear, Hal Brightcloud, Aaron Broadwell, Alan Cook, Virginia Crowell, Jennifer Davis, Louise Gopher, Don and Heather Hardy, Allen Harjo, Mekko Lewis, Mary Linn, Gloria and Michael McCarty, Jesse Mercer, Tim Montier, Jennie Shore, David Skeeter, Bill Sturtevant, Tim Thompson, Madeline Tongkeamha, Akira Yamamoto (advising and help in creating the dictionary);
Pam Munro (linguist); Mary Haas, David Cline, Willem de Reuse, Bill Sturtevant, Stuart Hannah (shared their fieldnotes); Deanna Mauldin (illustrator); Norman Tribbett, Louise Gopher, Jennie Shore, Sarah Sampson, Susan Stans (connections); Mary Frances Johns (vocabulary); Doug Parks, Jeanette Nakada (editors).
Oklahoma Native American Language Development Institute (orthography).
UCLA Linguistics Department, University of North Texas, Whatcom Museum, Phillips Fund of the American Philosophical Society, William & Mary, National Endowment for the Humanities (support).
Publishing Information
This dictionary was first published online by SIL International in 2013 and is a work in progress, last updated in 2023. It is a digital edition of the 2000 A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee compiled by Jack B. Martin and Margaret McKane Mauldin.
How People are Cited
Speakers and other contributors are cited by name in the Acknowledgements tab under Overview.
How Information is Cited
Previously published sources which were referenced for this online dictionary are cited in the Introduction tab under Overview. Last updated information for specific entries can be found by clicking a blue hyperlinked headword in the dictionary.
Where is Information Coming from
Entries in this dictionary come from A dictionary of Creek/Muskogee compiled by Jack B. Martin and Margaret McKane Mauldin and published in 2000. It is unclear whether additional information and entries have been added which come directly from the speakers listed in the Acknowledgements tab.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a multimedia website which includes audio.
Access
This dictionary is open access online.
Included Languages and Directionality
Muscogee to English, English to Muscogee.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional online dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are organized alphabetically by Muscogee. Each entry contains the headword, a phonetic transcription, part of speech, and an English translation. The entries can be browsed by first letter, or by semantic domain.
The site includes a built in search tool—which can be found under Search in the top menu—and supports searches in Muscogee and English. Special characters are included under the search bar, and can be clicked to type to support easier searching in the Muscogee orthography.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | Abbreviations are included under Overview, in the Abbreviations Chart tab |
| Audio | ✅ | Included in most entires |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | Included in some entries |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ |
Other Notes
This dictionary is linked on the Muscogee Nation Language Program’s website (https://www.mvskokeopunvkv.com/)
External Links
The open access Muscogee (Creek) Dictionary can be found on Webonary: https://www.webonary.org/muscogee/