Caddo language
| Caddo | |
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| Hasí꞉nay | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Caddo County, western Oklahoma |
| Ethnicity | 6,300 Caddo people (2016, tribal enrollment estimate) |
Native speakers | 2 (2023) |
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 | |
Caddo (endonym: Hasí꞉nay, pronounced [hasí:naj]) is a Caddoan language indigenous to the Southern United States and the traditional language of the Caddo Nation. 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. Caddo has several mutually-intelligible dialects. The most commonly used dialects are Hasinai and Hainai; others include Kadohadacho, Natchitoches and Yatasi.