Dorsey u circumflex in Biloxi

[David Kaufman]

Hi all,

Bob, John K, and I have been having some discussion re: Biloxi pronunciation and Dorsey's and Swanton's diacritic marks.  One of these involves their use of u-circumflex, which Dorsey and Swanton describe as "u in but," which sounds like the schwa to me.  I'm particularly wondering about its use in the word su(circumflex)pi, meaning "black," which according to this, should be pronounced something like "suppy".  This would mean, I think, that perhaps in Biloxi a schwa could be stressed.  I think Bob mentions Ofo having a similar stressed schwa sound.  Do any other Siouan languages have this schwa sound in stressed syllables?

Dave



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