Dictionary of the Alabama Language

Description

The Alabama language| a member of the Muskogean language family| is spoken today by the several hundred inhabitants of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation in Polk County| Texas. This dictionary of Alabama was begun over fifty years ago by tribe member Cora Sylestine. She was aided after 1980 by linguists Heather K. Hardy and Timothy Montler| who completed work on the dictionary after her death.

This state-of-the-art analytical dictionary contains over 8|000 entries of roots| stems| and compounds in the Alabama-English section. Each entry contains precise definitions| full grammatical analyses| agreement and other part-of-speech classifications| variant pronunciations| example sentences| and extensive cross-references to stem entries. The Alabama-English section is followed by a thorough English-Alabama finder list that functions as a full index to the definitions in the Alabama-English section.