Caddo language
Endangered language of the southern US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Caddo is a Native American language, the traditional language of the Caddo Nation.[2] It is critically endangered, with no exclusively Caddo-speaking community and only 25 speakers as of 1997 who acquired the language as children outside school instruction.[1] Caddo has several mutually intelligible dialects. The most commonly used dialects are Hasinai and Hainai; others include Kadohadacho, Natchitoches and Yatasi.[3]
| Caddo | |
|---|---|
| Hasí꞉nay | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Caddo County in western Oklahoma |
| Ethnicity | 45 Caddo people (2000 census)[1] |
Native speakers | (25 cited 1997)[1] |
Caddoan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | cad |
| ISO 639-3 | cad |
| Glottolog | cadd1256 |
| ELP | Caddo |
| Linguasphere | 64-BBA-a |
 Map showing the distribution of Oklahoma Indian Languages | |
 Caddo is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |