<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000>--The extinction of the Biloxi langauge shouldn't be confused with the<BR>extinction of the Biloxi people. They're still around, if consolidated<BR>with other groups.--</FONT> I googled the web and found the info on Tunica-Biloxi. I wonder, if there's still a sizeable community of descendants, if they'd be interested in a language revitalization program at some point in the future, once the language has been adequately documented....</DIV>
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<DIV>I saw in another email that it's suggested that knowledge of Muskogean helps with Biloxi. But Muskogean of course is a different family. Is this because of close proximity and influence, such as the case with Latin Rumanian and its Baltic/Slavic influences due its closer geographic proximity to these non-Latin languages? </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for the info!</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave<BR><BR><BR><B><I>Koontz John E <John.Koontz@colorado.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, David Kaufman wrote:<BR>> I would imagine documenting an "extinct" language has its own problems,<BR>> since there are no longer native speakers left with which to confirm<BR>> data.<BR><BR>The operative phrase is hapax legomenon. Learn to love it.<BR><BR>> But I suppose it also has its advantages in that one doesn't have to go<BR>> through the long and difficult process of establishing rapports with<BR>> native speakers and become involved in tribal politics which I've heard<BR>> sometimes happens in field work.<BR><BR>The extinction of the Biloxi langauge shouldn't be confused with the<BR>extinction of the Biloxi people. They're still around, if consolidated<BR>with other
groups.<BR><BR>http://www.tunica.org/<BR>http://users.aol.com/donh523/navapage/tunica.htm<BR>http://www.nsula.edu/folklife/database/cultures/NativeAmer/TunicaBiloxi.html<BR>http://www.eda.gov/ImageCache/EDAPublic/documents/pdfdocs/20louisiana_2epdf/v1/20louisiana.pdf<BR><BR>That's just a sample of what you get by googling "biloxi tribe." It<BR>doesn't deal with any remants in Texas, etc.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com