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Character We Use: |
Sometimes Also Used: |
IPA symbol: | Biloxi pronunciation: |
a | a | Like the a in father. | |
ạ | ă | ə | Like the a in above. |
â | ![]() |
Like the aw in law. | |
ă | ä | æ | Like the a in cat. |
e | e | Like the e sound in Spanish, similar to the a in English gate. | |
ĕ | ε | Like the e in get. | |
ê | ε | This sound is described as sounding like the ê in French tête; since that is pronounced the same as e in get in standard French, it is probably a different spelling of the same sound spelled ê above. | |
ē | e![]() |
Like the a in gate, only held longer. | |
i | i | Like the i in machine. | |
ĭ | I | Like the i in it. | |
ī | i![]() |
Like the i in machine, only held longer. | |
o | o | Like the o in no. | |
ō | o![]() |
Like the o in no, only held longer. | |
u | u | Like the u in rule. | |
û | ŭ | ![]() |
Like the oo in foot. |
ŭ | û | ![]() |
Like the u in but. |
ü | y | Like the ü in German müller. This sounds like the u in flute only pronounced in the front of the mouth instead of the back. Since we know of no other Siouan language that contains this sound, it may have actually been the same sound as the regular u sound. | |
ụ | ? | This sound is described as being "between o in no and u in rule." There is no such sound in other Siouan languages and we don't know what it could be. It may have just been a normal Biloxi pronunciation variant of u. It seems to have been recorded extremely rarely. | |
ū | u![]() |
Like the u in rule, only held longer. |
Character We Use: |
Sometimes Also Used: |
IPA symbol: |
an | ã | |
in | ĩ | |
on | õ | |
un | ũ |
Character We Use: |
Sometimes Also Used: |
IPA symbol: | Biloxi pronunciation: |
c | sh | ![]() |
Like sh in she. |
d | d | Like d in day. | |
d¢ | d![]() |
Like the d th in had these. | |
dj |   | d![]() |
Like j in judge. |
g | g | Like g in go. | |
h | h | Like h in he. | |
j |   |  ![]() |
Like a French j. In English, you can hear this sound at the end of words like garage. |
k | kh | Like the k in kick. | |
m | m | Like m in English me. | |
n | n | Like n in English no. | |
ñ | ŋ | Like ng in English sing. | |
p | ph | Like the p in pen. | |
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p | Probably like the unaspirated p in spin. | |
s | s | Like s in so. | |
sh | ? | Occurs in the vocabulary, but not listed in the key. Maybe like sh in show or ss h in kiss her. | |
t | th | Like the t in to. | |
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t | Probably like the unaspirated t in star. | |
tc | t![]() |
Like ch in chair. | |
tç | tθ | Like the t th in it thought. | |
w | w | Like w in English we. | |
x | q | x | Guttural sound that doesn't exist in English. Like ch in German ach. |
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Probably a glottal stop, like the pause sound in the middle of the word "uh-oh." | |
y | y | Like y in English you. |
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