DORSEY-SW ANTON] 



THE BILOXI ATTD OFO LANGUAGES 



The characters n and ^ really indicate a difference in the quality of 

 the preceding vowel. They differ between themselves only by reason 

 of differences in sounds following. 



In the vice-presidential address before cited may be found also a 

 short sketch of the grammar of this language, probably the only one 

 in existence. In the material left by Mr. Dorse}^ was a number of 

 cards containing short grammatic notes, but none of these were in 

 condition suitable for publication except two, on which were set forth 

 the Biloxi imperatives in tabulated form, as follows: 



Following is a list of the abbreviations made use of in this bulletin: 

 m., man, male; w., woman; masc, masculine; fern., feminine; 

 sp., speaking; s. or sing., singular; du., dual; p. or pL, plural; coll., 

 collective; cl., classifier; voc, vocative; St., sitting; std., standing; 

 red., reclining; cv., curvilinear; mv., moving; an., animate; intj., 

 interjection; cf., compare; D., Dakota dialect; ^., Omaha and Ponca 

 dialect (Dorsey's ^egiha); K., Kansa dialect; Os., Osage dialect; 

 Kw., Quapaw dialect; Tc, Tciw^ere dialect (i. e., Iowa, Oto, and 

 Missouri); H., Hidatsa dialect; G. indicates that the form to which 

 it is appended was obtained through Dr. A. S. Gatschet; Blc. is placed 

 after a word or sentence obtained from Banks or Bankston Johnson, 

 one of Dorsey's Biloxi informants; Bj. indicates a word or sentence 

 from Betsey Joe, another of Dorsey's informants; M. is placed after 

 words or expressions obtained from Maria, daughter of the preceding; 

 J. 0. D., James Owen Dorsey; J. B. S., John R. Swanton; + after a 

 vowel indicates that it is lengthened, but between words in paren- 

 theses it shows that a word immediately preceding is compounded of 

 them. ± is placed before syllables sometimes added to and some- 

 times omitted from a word immediately preceding. A grave accent 



