Language name and locationː Caddo, Oklahoma state, USA [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区: 卡多语, 美国中南部俄克拉荷马州西部卡多县卡多语族居留地

 

1. wístsʼiʔ

21.  bínáyʔah bit háyú wístsʼiʔ

2. bit

22.  bínáyʔah bit háyú bit

3. dahawʔ

23.  bínáyʔah bit háyú dahawʔ

4. hiwiʔ

24.  bínáyʔah bit háyú hiwiʔ

5. diːsikʼan

25.  bínáyʔah bit háyú diːsikʼan

6. dánkih  *

26.  bínáyʔah bit háyú dánkih

7. bíssikah

27.  bínáyʔah bit háyú bíssikah

8. dahàːwsikah

28.  bínáyʔah bit háyú dahàːwsikah

9. híwìːsikah

29.  bínáyʔah bit háyú híwìːsikah

10. bínáyʔah

30.  bínáyʔah dahawʔ

11. bínáyʔah háyú wístsʼiʔ

40.  bínáyʔah hiwiʔ

12. bínáyʔah háyú bit

50.  bínáyʔah diːsikʼan

13. bínáyʔah háyú dahawʔ

60.  bínáyʔah dánkih

14. bínáyʔah háyú hiwiʔ

70.  bínáyʔah bíssikah

15. bínáyʔah háyú diːsikʼan

80.  bínáyʔah dahàːwsikah

16. bínáyʔah háyú dánkih

90.  bínáyʔah híwìːsikah

17. bínáyʔah háyú bíssikah

100.  wístsʼiʔ haishuh

18. bínáyʔah háyú dahàːwsikah

200.  bit haishuh

19. bínáyʔah háyú híwìːsikah

1000. wístsʼiʔ hanistiʔ

20. bínáyʔah bit

2000. bit hanistiʔ

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Wallace Chafe, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, May 27, 2009.

供资料的语言学家: Prof. Wallace Chafe, 2009 年 5 月 27 日.

 

Other comments: Caddo or Hasí:nay, Hatsinai is a moribund language spoken by 25 older adults only (1997 W. Chafe) out of 42 ethnic population in Caddo county, Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. Caddo has a decimal system. Note that  7, 8, and 9 show a base 5. And in fact 5 contains the noun root for 'hand', -sik-.
 Caddo Consonant Tableː

 

Labial

Alveolar

Palatal

Velar

Glottal

Plosive

p, b

  t, d

 

k

  ʔ

Plosive ( Ejective)

     

   tʼ

 

 

Affricate

 

   ts

tʃʼ

 

 

Affricate (Ejective)

 

 tsʼ

 

 

Fricative

 

s

ʃ

 

  h

Nasal

m

 n

 

 

 

Approximant

     

 

 y (j)

     w

 

 

Caddo Vowel Chart

 

Front

Central

Back

Close

i, iː

 

u, uː

Open

 

a, aː

 

 

 Caddo has three tonesː mid (unmarked), high á and falling à.

 


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