Caddoan language

/ˈkædoʊən ˌlæŋgwɪdʒ/
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Other forms: Caddoan languages

Definitions of Caddoan language
  1. noun
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo
    synonyms: Caddo, Caddoan
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    types:
    Aricara, Arikara
    the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara
    Pawnee
    the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee
    Wichita
    the Caddoan language spoken by the Wichita
    type of:
    American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language
    a dated term referring to any of the languages spoken by Indigenous people in the Americas
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