Caddo language
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| Caddo (Hasí:nay) | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | United States |
| Region: | Caddo County in western Oklahoma |
| Total speakers: | 25 |
| Ranking: | Not in top 100 |
| Genetic classification: | Caddoan
Southern Caddoan |
| Official status | |
| Official language of: | - |
| Regulated by: | - |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | cad |
| SIL | CAD |
| See also: Language – List of languages | |
Caddo is a Caddoan language of the Southern Plains, spoken by the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. Few native speakers remain, but the tribe is working to teach the language to the youngest generation again.
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Phonology
| Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. |
Vowels
Caddo has three short vowels /i a u/ and three long vowels, /iː aː uː/. The long vowels are indicated in writing with a following colon.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | Voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| Voiced | b | d | ||||
| Ejective | t' | k' | ||||
| Affricate | Voiceless | ts | ch | |||
| Ejective | ts' | ch' | ||||
| Fricative | s | sh | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Semivowel | w | y | ||||
Prosody
Caddo apparently has three pitches: mid (unmarked: a), high (marked with an acute accent: á), and falling (marked with a grave accent: à)
External Links
Categories: Pages containing IPA | Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs | Caddoan languages | Languages of the United States | Indigenous languages of the North American Southeast
