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Hitchiti

Hitchiti

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A Muskogean language once spoken by a Native American group in Georgia
  • noun
  • Specialized
: idioma hitchiti
  • Few people today can still speak Hitchiti fluently due to a decline in native speakers.

Examples

  • Linguists have documented stories and legends in Hitchiti to preserve the language.

  • The Hitchiti language is closely related to other members of the Muskogean family.

  • The Hitchiti language is part of the Muskogean family.

  • Did you know that the Hitchiti language is nearly extinct?

  • Few people today can still speak Hitchiti fluently due to a decline in native speakers.

  • Linguists have documented stories and legends in Hitchiti to preserve the language.

  • The Hitchiti language is closely related to other members of the Muskogean family.

Synonyms

Hitchiti language
vsHitchiti
  • Specialized
9.9

A Native American language once spoken by the Hitchiti people in Georgia and Florida, USA

is the same language stated more generally as from Georgia

Compounds

Hitchiti language
  • Specialized
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A Native American language once spoken by the Hitchiti people in Georgia and Florida, USA

Surface Forms

Hitchiti singular
Hitchitis plural

Etymology

Hitchiti also names the language once spoken by that same people in Georgia. Because the language took the people's own name, Hitchiti today refers to their Muskogean language and to the stories and words recorded from it.