Caddoan languages

The Caddo languages ​​are widely spoken in the area of the Great Plains in the United States. None of the surviving Caddo languages ​​each speaker reaches a number of more than 200 There are affinities of Caddo to the Sioux languages ​​and has been postulated to Iroquois; However, it remains uncertain how close the languages ​​faced each other.

Breakdown

To the family of Caddo languages ​​include a total of five different sub-groups:

I. Northern Caddo

II Southern Caddo

The Kitsai language fell into disuse after the last speakers were incorporated by the Wichita tribe in the 19th century. Caddo, Wichita and Pawnee are now only spoken in Oklahoma by a few elderly people. Arikaree is currently still in use in the field of the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. Previously enjoyed the Caddo - speaking countries a greater extent. Thus, for example, in the North Texas Caddo ', in southwestern Arkansas, spoken in northwestern Louisiana and in southeastern Oklahoma, while Pawnee along the Platte River in Nebraska today also made ​​a linguistic area.

Possible relationships

It seems possible that Adai, a now extinct isolated language of which has survived only a list of 275 words that could be a Caddo language, but this can not be determined with certainty because of insufficient records.

Furthermore, a family tie with Keres or as part of a macro - Sioux - language family is believed to Sioux Languages ​​and the Iroquois languages. While a relationship with Keresan is now largely rejected, the connection to a possible macro - Sioux - language family appears quite conceivable. However, further studies are needed to verify the accuracy of the corresponding acceptance.