Language name: |
CADDO |
UPSID number: |
6775 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
North American, Keresiouan |
This language has |
23 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.440566856 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
p
"t
k
?
"t'
k'
b
"d
"ts
tS
"ts'
tS'
h
"s
S
m
"n
N
j
w
I
U
a
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Comment: |
Caddo is spoken by a small number of older people in Western Oklahoma, USA. Vowels occur both short and long and consonants may be geminated. Chafe (1976) analyses Caddo as having a pitch accent system; vowels may be high or low pitched, and additionally long vowels can occur with a falling contour. |
Source(s): |
Chafe, W.L. 1976. The Caddoan, Iroquoian, and Siouan Languages. Mouton, The Hague, Paris. |