Language name and locationː Biloxi, Mississippi state, USA [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区比洛卡西语, 美国南部密西西比州, 路易斯安那州和德克萨斯州

 

1. sǫsa

21.  ohi nǫpa sǫsaxehe

2. nǫpa

22.  ohi nǫpa nǫpaxehe

3. dánį

23.  ohi nǫpa danaxehe

4. tópa

24.  ohi nǫpa opaxehe

5. ksą(-ni) ~ ksani

25.  ohi nǫpa ksanaxehe

6. akəxpé ~ akuxpe

26.  ohi nǫpa akuxpaxehe

7. ną́pa-hudi *

27.  ohi nǫpa nąpahu axehe

8. daˊnhudiˊ ~ dąhudi *

28.  ohi nǫpa dąxu axeh

9. čkané ~ ckane

29.  ohi nǫpa dąxu axehe

10. ohi

30.  ohi dani

11. ohi sǫsaxehe ('one sitting on ten')

40.  ohi topa

12. ohi nǫpaxehe

50.  ohi ksani

13. ohi danaxehe

60.  ohi akuxpe

14. ohi topaxehe

70.  ohi nąpahudi

15. ohi ksanaxehe

80.  ohi dąhudi

16. ohi akuxpaxehe

90.  ohi ckane

17. ohi nąpahu axehe

100. tsipa, 101. tsipa sǫsaxehe

18. ohi dąxu axehe

200. tsipa nǫpa, 300.tsipa dani

19. ohi ckanaxehe

400. tsipa topa, 800. tsipa dąhudi

20. ohi nǫpa ('two tens')

1000. tsipįciyą ('old man hundred')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Mark Rosenfelder, The Author of the website "Numbers from 1 to 10 in over 5000 languages", Chicago, USA, October 7 2023.

提供资的语言: Mr. Mark Rosenfelder, 2023 年 10 月 7 日.

 

Other comments: Biloxi was a Siouan language, which was once spoken by the Biloxi tribe in present-day Mississippi, Louisiana, and southeastern Texas.
History

A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages
The Biloxi tribe first encountered Europeans in 1699, along the Pascagoula River. By the mid-18th century, they had settled in central Louisiana. Some were also noted in Texas in the early 19th century.
By the early 19th century, their numbers were already dwindling. By 1934, the last native speaker, Emma Jackson, was in her eighties. Morris Swadesh and Mary Haas spoke with her in 1934 and confirmed that she spoke the language.

Biloxi has a decimal system.

Notes:

1. 7 and 8 may be derived from ||nǫpa + ahudi|| 'two + bones' and ||dani +

    ahudi|| 'three + bones'

2.  21 ohi nǫpa sǫsaxehe 'one sitting on two tens'

3. 11-19 are derived via the formula 'X sitting on Y' ('Y Xaxehe').

4. 20-99 are derived via the formula 'X sitting on Y Zs' ('Z Y Xaxehe')

101 ='one sitting on 1000 tsipįciyą ('old man hundred')


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