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Biloxi language

Biloxi language

9.9
A Native American language once spoken by the Biloxi people in the southern United States
  • noun
  • /bɪˈlɑːk.si ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : idioma biloxi
  • Linguists are working to document the Biloxi language before it is lost entirely.

Examples

  • She wrote her thesis on the structure of the Biloxi language.

  • The Biloxi language was once widely spoken in the region.

  • Few speakers of the Biloxi language remain today, making it highly endangered.

  • Many linguists study the Biloxi language for its unique characteristics.

  • Few speakers of the Biloxi language remain today, making it highly endangered.

  • Linguists are working to document the Biloxi language before it is lost entirely.

  • Many linguists study the Biloxi language for its unique characteristics.

Synonyms

Biloxi
vsBiloxi language
9.9

A Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi people in the past, now extinct

focuses on its past use specifically in the southeastern United States

Surface Forms

Biloxi language singular
Biloxi languages plural

Morphology

Biloxi + language

This is a straightforward noun phrase formed by a place/people name plus the noun 'language', so its meaning ('the language spoken by the Biloxi people') is directly compositional from the constituents. The pattern 'X language' (meaning 'the language of X') is cross-linguistically common and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Biloxi language takes its name from the Biloxi people, a Native American group who lived on the Gulf Coast and spoke their own tongue. So today Biloxi language means 'the language of the Biloxi people'.