Caddoan

American  

[kad-oh-uhn] / ˈkæd oʊ ən /

noun

1. a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the upper Missouri valley in North Dakota, in the Platte valley in Nebraska, in southwestern Arkansas, and in neighboring parts of Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana.

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Caddoan British  

/ ˈkædəʊən /

noun

1. a family of Native American languages, including Pawnee, formerly spoken in a wide area of the Midwest, and probably distantly related to Siouan

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Etymology

Origin of Caddoan

Caddo + -an

Example Sentences

They spoke a Caddoan language, one related to that of the Arikara, Pawnee and Wichita.

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2015

Between the visits of De Soto and La Salle, according to Timothy K. Perttula, an archaeological consultant in Austin, Texas, the Caddoan population fell from about 200,000 to about 8,500—a drop of nearly 96 percent.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The three linguistic families to be considered are the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

Byron-Gordon G., 397 Caddo, the, 355 Caddoan linguistic stock, the, 355, 381 Cagayans, the, 247 California, Indians of, 368 sqq.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

The Caddoan tribes were mostly agricultural and sedentary, and to-day they are distinguished by their industry and intelligence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various