Biloxi (Tanêksąyaa ade)

Biloxi is an extinct Siouan language once spoken in parts of Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. The last native speaker of Biloxi, Emma Jackson, died in 1934, however since then efforts have been made to revive the language.

Biloxi alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Biloxi (Excel)

Sample text

Yaxkica daha xyeni nkįxtu ko įkcatu ni.

Translation

Although you have forgotten us, we have not forgotten you.

Alphabet and sample text supplied by Michael Peter Füstumum

Information about Biloxi | Numbers in Biloxi

Links

Information about Biloxi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloxi_language
http://www.native-languages.org/biloxi.htm

Siouan languages

Assiniboine, Biloxi, Chiwere, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Lakota, Mandan, Omaha, Osage, Quapaw, Stoney, Tutelo

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page last modified: 23.04.21

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