Mvskoke Language

★★★★★ Estonko! I downloaded this app two years ago. I like it. I am a native speaker of a conservative Seminole dialect of Maskoke. The sounds on this app are more of the Maskoke dialect of Maskoke than the Seminole dialect.I think learning to read with this app is great. I have to play around with the sounds of the words because my dialect is different. So, I have to listen carefully to what is being said. Playing around with the app for about ten minutes at a time allows my ear to adjust dialects. This app is really great for those who are Native Speakers and who want to learn to read in our language. Many Native Speakers of today never had the opportunity to learn to read or write our language due to on-going colonialism. For those who want to learn to write Mvskoke, hang in there. Once you know some of the vocabulary of the phrases provided in this app, the grammar will begin to become apparent. The sentences section of the app is fantastic once you can drill down below the surface level if you are wanting to pick up on some grammar. With patience, you will begin to read more complex sentences and then be able to write them. From my perspective as a Native Speaker, it is a very powerful app, because it is like listening to my family talk, minus the dialectal differences. It is nice to know what the accepted words are for things like cars, electricity and etc. and this app has done a wonderful job of including those things. Like in any language, different dialects adapt and adopt words for new concepts. One criticism I would make of the app, towards improvement, is explaining that there is male speech and female speech in Mvskoke. That is not being sexist. That is how the language works grammatically. Women are respected when men use the male speech and women use the female speech. It gives our women the chance to be themselves and be acknowledged as a woman. It also gives men the social space to be accepted as men. This is a very important part of Mvskoke language and culture. App mvto cē!

★★★★★ love this app still learning this and the pronunciation is easy wish had more time to learn

★★☆☆☆ Can't install. Waited four hours while app was trying to install but nothing ever happened.