![]() ![]() ^ Dictionary editors John Swanton and Henry Halbert systematically replaced all instances of with, regardless whether stood for /ɬ/ or /hl/.The intervocalic use of conflated the common consonant cluster /hl/ with /ɬ/. ^ The former is used before a vowel the latter, before a consonant.^ Substituted with 'v' according to typesetting or encoding constraints.The discussion of Choctaw grammar below uses the linguistic variant of the orthography. In the "linguistic" version, the acute accent shows the position of the pitch accent, rather than the length of the vowel. ![]() Many publications by linguists about the Choctaw language use a slight variant of the "modern (Mississippi Choctaw)" orthography listed here, where long vowels are written as doubled. Although there are other variations of the Choctaw alphabet, the three most commonly seen are the Byington (Traditional), Byington/Swanton (Linguistic), and Modern (Mississippi Choctaw). The written Choctaw language is based upon the English version of the Roman alphabet and was developed in conjunction with the "civilization program" of the United States, a program to westernize and forcefully assimilate Indigenous Americans, particularly those adhering to what were to become the Five Civilized Tribes (of which the Choctaw are a part) into Anglo-American Culture and Sympathies during the early 19th century. ![]() The Modern Choctaw alphabet as used by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Present. ![]()
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