MBCI Choctaw Language Speaker Interview: Oka Homma (Red Water)

MBCI Choctaw language interview featuring Landon John from the Red Water community in Leake county, MS. The interviewer is Lalania Denson from the Standing Pine community; it was recorded July 16, 2019.
We ask MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAW SPEAKERS to listen to the interviews that feature people from other communities, and to PLEASE leave comments about ‘dialect differences’ that you hear or words and phrases that you don’t recognize from your own community.
The collection of these interviews was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH); transcription and translation supported by MBCI, NEH, and the Administration for Native Americans (ANA); as well as by support from our partners.

[@florencehodges5799]

I enjoy the videos y'all put up. Chahta anopah was my first language. My foster mom told me. Her & dad taught me the older Chahta, not the new one they're teaching the younger kids.

[@so_cal8057]

Hi, I’m currently in the process of learning Chahta. Can you explain the difference between the old and new Chahta?

[@Chashibaiikhvna]

Chahta Anumpa haklo sv bvnna hoke! Chahta anumpa haklo likmvt sv na yukpachi bilia. Okla homma aminti li. Si vlla moma kash Chahta Anumpa ak haklo tuk ehokakosh himonasi ano Chahta Anumpa ikhvna li moma. Pim asvnochi vhleha im aiikhvna li. Chahta Sia Hoke! Holbvttoba hvsh ikbi tuka hvchi yakoke li fehna hoke. Chahta Anumpa yvt hvpim afehna atukosh anumpulit e mahaya chike!