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Muskogee is sometimes written in slightly different ways. Here are a few differences in the way people spell words:
- Some people use cc and some people use tc in words like these:
hvcce~hvtce ‘river’
tuccēnen~tutcēnen ‘three’
- Some people never use ē, or don’t use it as much:
fēke~feke ‘heart’
- Some people write prefixes as separate words or separate them with an apostrophe:
cvhocefkv~cv hocefkv~cv’hocefkv ‘my name’
vnkapv~vn kapv~vn’kapv ‘my coat’
- Some people use vo and some use au in words like this:
vhvoke~vhauke ‘door’
- In words like the following, some people use short vowels (v, u, e), and some use long vowels (a, o, ē):
rvkko~rakko ‘horse’
lucv~locv ‘turtle’
sukhv~sokhv ‘hog’
mucv-nettv~mocv-nettv ‘today’
We can appreciate differences in spelling without fighting: just follow your teacher, if you have one.
