Caddo language
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Caddo is a Native American language, the traditional language of the Caddo Nation.[3] It is critically endangered, with no exclusively Caddo-speaking community and as of 2023 only two speakers who had acquired the language as children outside school instruction, down from 25 speakers in 1997.[1][2] Caddo has several mutually intelligible dialects. The most commonly used dialects are Hasinai and Hainai; others include Kadohadacho, Natchitoches and Yatasi.[4]
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Caddo | |
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Hasí꞉nay | |
Native to | United States |
Region | Caddo County in western Oklahoma |
Ethnicity | 45 Caddo people (2000 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 2 (2023)[2] |
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 | |
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