The Adaizan language was spoken in Louisiana in the USA until about 1820. It was spoken in west-central Louisiana between the Red and Sabine Rivers, in Natchitoches and Sabine Parish, and at the Adayes Spanish mission. After that mission closed in 1773, some of the Adaizan moved to Texas and joined Caddoan groups there.
Adaizan is known mainly from a word list made in 1804. Adaizan was thought be a Caddoan language, however it is now considered a language isolate. Efforts are currently underway to reconstruct the language.
Adaizan is also known as Adai, Adaizi, Adaise, Adahi, Adaes, Adees or Atayos.
Download an alphabet chart for Adaizan (Excel)
Hear a recording of the alphabet:
Kewa e-Hïkacan ke en ganï¿ ola¿;
Awiste nom-ïno se ola¿;
Heynot-ïno se beni;
Boluntad-ïno en kapü¿ kom en ganï¿ se ase;
Nalî aton da a-hïkacan o-pâ e-nalî;
Pehdona o-coz ašawe e-hïkacan
Kom hïkacan o-ot pehdona
Ke o-ašawe a-hïkacan ase;
I yeska giya o-hïkacan a-tentasyô,
Mei libha o-hïkacan de ašawe,
Pohke heynot, puvwa, i glwa e-ïnalük ola¿,
Owets i muncos owets
Amen
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Information provided by adaizanlanguage[at]gmail.com
Information about Adaizan | Numbers
Information about the Adaizan language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adai_language
http://multitree.org/codes/xad
http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/adai1235
https://www.youtube.com/@AdaizanLanguage
Adaizan lessons
https://www.memrise.com/course/1816119/adaizan/
Adaizan, Ainu, Basque, Burushaski, Candoshi-Shapra, Chiquitano, Chitimacha, Eskayan, Hadza, Haida, Karuk, Kawésqar, Keres, Kuot, Kusunda, Kutenai, Maybrat, Natchez, Nihali, Nivkh, Páez, Purepecha, Sandawe, Seri, Sumerian, Tartessian, Ticuna, Tiwi, Tonkawa, Tunica, Urarina, Waorani, Warao, Wardaman, Washo, Yaghan, Yele, Yuchi/Euchee, Zuni
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 03.12.23
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