Halito Patsy They have the language classes on-line the Choctaw of Oklahoma have a web site that offers them. there is also a dictionary, work books and tapes for the class. The on-line classes interact through a program called rot-to player. and you interact in real time with motion pictures and a type of instant messaging. Walk in Beauty Elkdreamer >From: "Patsy Caleb" <studentarchaeologist@home.com> >Reply-To: CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com >To: CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Chata vs. Chahta - Meaning ? >Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 22:09:13 -0700 > >Last year they had a language school going on ? How do you learn it if it >is not written anywhere and how do they have these "learn the choctaw >language school >----- Original Message ----- >From: Barbara Ellison <greybird7@pisp.net> >To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:02 PM >Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Chata vs. Chahta - Meaning ? > > > > Chata and Chahta are the same meaning..they mean Choctaw...Some of us >spell > > it one way, some the other.Depends on how we first learned it...Since >the > > Choctaw language was not a written language but only a spoken language, > > there are no "absolutely correct" spellings...they have been spelled >mainly > > as they sound, tho in some cases, in my opinion, some letters have been >used > > that are not necessary...hopefully the spellings will be standardized at > > some point, but til then, spelling phonetically usually gets the message > > across.... > > Barbara > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dennis Boswell" <dennisb@primenet.com> > > To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:54 PM > > Subject: [CHAHTA] Chata vs. Chahta - Meaning ? > > > > > > > I have seen this spelled both "Chata" and "Chahta." Which is correct? > > > > > > > > > If the correct spelling is "Chata," then what does "Chahta" mean? > > > > > > > > > > > > Doesn't "Chata" or "Chahta" (whichever is correct) really refer to > > > pre-removal Choctaw instead of post-removal Choctaw or is it used to >refer > > > to Choctaw without regard to either pre- or post-removal? > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, is "Chata" or "Chahta" (whichever is correct) also the name of >the > > > language spoken by pre- or post-removal Choctaws ? > > > > > > > > > Sorry for all the questions, but based on what I have seen in some of >the > > > CHAHTA-L traffic lately, I am confused. Somewhere along the line, I >got > > the > > > impression that "Chahta" (with an "h") referred to the "old ones" and >the > > > language they spoke. Am I wrong? > > > > > > > > > At 11:26 PM 04/06/2001 -0400, you wrote: > > > >Chata is what the Choctaw call themselves > > > > > > > > > > > >==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST: > > > >Send msg. to CHAHTA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > >Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the >quotes > > > >Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Dennis K. Boswell > > > 301 Crow Canyon Drive > > > Folsom, CA 95630 > > > > > > Tel: (916) 987-3599 > > > Fax: (916) 987-3555 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > > Markie and Fay's CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Home Page: > > > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/ > > > > > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST: > > Send msg. to CHAHTA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes > > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > > > > >==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== >Got a GRIPE?? Got a PROBLEM?? Just wanna' WHINE? Don't post it to the >list...write me, dusty (list administrator) at >CHAHTA-L-admin@cultures.rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com