Endangered Languages Project - Caddo

Caddo

^{[aka Kadohadacho, Petit Caddo, Upper Nasoni]}

Classification: Caddoan

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Kadohadacho, Petit Caddo, Upper Nasoni, Nanatsaho, Kado, Caddoe
CLASSIFICATION		Caddoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cad
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<25
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Spoken by fewer than 25 elderly members of the tribe.

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA; Oklahoma

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Present Caddo County, Oklahoma, primarily in the vicinity of Anadarko and Binger.

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10-99
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Since the 1970s the Caddo Tribe has devoted significant resources to recording and archiving songs, oral history, and language, and recently the Tribe’s heritage department, the Kiwat Hasinay Foundation, has been concerned with the long-term archiving and preservation of this record.

PLACES: USA; Caddo County, Oklahoma

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA; Oklahoma

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA; Oklahoma

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Oklahoma

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
45
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
25 (1997 W. Chafe). No monolinguals (2000 Levy), ethnic population: 45 (2000 census).
(Unchanged 2016 [Golla 2007].)

DATE OF INFO: 1997 speakers, 2000 ethnic population

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA; Oklahoma

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

35.0985,-98.2603

COORDINATES

35.0985,-98.2603

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33.3333333333,-93.5

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Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO