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 Caddoan family is less clearly defined than either of the preceding, but evidently consisted of many small tribes grouped, and forming confederacies.

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

The Caddoan group, dwelling formerly west of the Mississippi, in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas, had an approach to specific totemism.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

The Caddoan race is represented by one nation, the Arikara.

From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)