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Preferred term

cadCaddo  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Caddo is the only surviving Southern Caddoan language of the Caddo language family. It is spoken by the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. Today, only 25 elderly speakers are estimated to remain, none of whom are monolingual Caddo speakers, making Caddo a critically endangered language. There are several mutually intelligible dialects of Caddo; some of the more prominent dialects include Kadohadacho, Hasinai, Hainai, Natchitoches, and Yatasi. Today, the most commonly used dialects are Hasinai and Hainai.

Entry terms

  • Caddo language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • cad

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • cad

ISO 639-3 code

  • cad

Notation

  • cad

In other languages

  • caddo

    French

  • Caddo
  • Caddo

    German

  • caddo

    Italian

  • Portuguese

  • caddo

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/cad

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