CADDOAN LANGUAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caddoan language mean? 

• CADDOAN LANGUAGE (noun)
  The noun CADDOAN LANGUAGE has 1 sense:

1. a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo

  Familiarity information: CADDOAN LANGUAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CADDOAN LANGUAGE (noun)

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Meaning:

A family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Caddo; Caddoan; Caddoan language

Hypernyms ("Caddoan language" is a kind of...):

American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Caddoan language"):

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)