Tanêksąyaa ade

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Tanêksąyaa ade is the native name used by its speakers for the Biloxi language, a now-extinct Siouan language once spoken in the southeastern United States.

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Tanêksąyaa ade canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Siouan language
indigenous language of the Americas
language
belongsTo Western Siouan branch
linked to: Western Siouan
closelyRelatedTo Ofo language
Tutelo language
country United States
documentedBy James Owen Dorsey
John R. Swanton
endonymFor Biloxi language
extinctionStatus no native speakers remaining
hasAlternateName Biloxi
Biloxi–Ofo (in some classifications)
hasEndonym Tanêksąyaa ade
hasEthnologueEntry yes
hasGlottocode bilo1245
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking language
polysynthetic language
hasMorphology complex verb morphology
extensive affixation
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasal vowels
rich consonant inventory
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant
historicalEra colonial period in the southeastern United States
pre-colonial North America
isPartOf Siouan–Catawban language family
linked to: Siouan languages
isSubjectOf comparative Siouan linguistic studies
languageCodeISO639-3 bll
languageFamily Siouan
nativeNameOf Biloxi language
region Lower Mississippi Valley
spokenBy Biloxi people
spokenIn Louisiana
Mississippi
southeastern United States
status extinct language
subfamily Western Siouan languages
linked to: Western Siouan
usedAs self-designation for the Biloxi language by its speakers
usedByEthnicGroup Biloxi tribe
linked to: Biloxi people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Biloxi language endonym Tanêksąyaa ade