The Language, by Luther John

Luther John shares a story of the role of Chikashshanompa' in his life and his thoughts about the future of the language in the Chickasaw community. Luther is a long-time employee of the Chickasaw Language Revitalization Program and a member of the Chickasaw Language Committee. He has served on the Rosetta Stone Chickasaw committee for many years and appears on camera in several seasons of the Rosetta Stone project. He is a minister of the gospel and an accomplished gospel and Choctaw hymns singer. He is a skilled teacher of the language and assists young speakers in their journey towards fluency.
Transcriptions: If what was said cannot be heard well enough, it is marked as being (inaudible). In some instances, a speaker may go back and correct themselves, and these are marked like \this\, to indicate that \this\ replaces the previous word or phrase. Sometimes we are unsure what the speaker was saying but we give a best guess using a star*. If a speaker is shortening a word, we give the fuller form in (parentheses) next to it.
Translations: The English translations were done with guidance from native speakers. Sometimes, some clarifying words were added in [brackets], although this information is not part of what was actually said in Chikashshanompaꞌ.
Recording: This audio was recorded on July 31, 2018, as part of a Documenting Endangered Languages / National Science Foundation grant (BCS-1263699 and BCS-1263698). This work was supported in part by an American Rescue Plan grant, #90XN0047.
Image: Photograph by Ryan RedCorn (Osage).
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