| Caddo | |
|---|---|
| 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
| |
| 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 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]
- ^ a b Caddo language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ a b "Only 2 people alive can speak the Caddo language fluently. They hope a new program can save it". KERA News. 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ The Linguist List
- ^ "Caddo Nation - Language". Caddo Nation. Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
