Biloxi
Biloxi was a Siouan language once spoken in United States.
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Biloxi (Biloxi: Tanêksąyaa) is an extinct Siouan-Catawban language formerly spoken by the Native American Biloxi tribe in present-day Mississippi, Louisiana, and southeastern Texas.
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Words in Biloxi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ąxti | |
| person | aya* | |
| name | yaCe* | |
| eye | tuCu* | |
| ear | nixuxwi* | |
| nose | pCu* | |
| tooth | isu* | |
| tongue | yeCi* | |
| hand | Cake* | |
| blood | hai* | |
| bone | aho* | |
| knee | Cin* | |
| breast | tasi* | |
| liver | piya* | |
| water | ani | |
| fire | peti* | |
| sun | ina* | |
| star | itka* | |
| stone | axu* | |
| mountain | ektani* | |
| tree | aya* | |
| leaf | hapi* | |
| night | psi* | |
| dog | CuNki* | |
| fish | o* | |
| louse | ane* | |
| one | sosa* | |
| two | nopa* | |
| I | Nk* | |
| you | ayindi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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