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Name: Adai Alternate Names: Adaize; Adaizi; Adaise; Adahi; Adaes; Adees; Adái Code: xad Code Authority: ISO 639-3 Code Standard: LINGUIST List Families: Unclassified Languages Parent Subgroup: North American Unclassified; North American Unclassified Languages (naun) Brief Description: An extinct Native American Indian language of Louisiana and Texas. Survived until the 19th century. Wordlist 1804. "Adai was originally spoken in west-central Louisiana, between the Red and Sabine Rivers, and during the eighteenth century it was the language of the Spanish mission of Adayes, west of Natchitoches. After the closing of the mission in 1792 the remnants of the tribe migrated to Texas and apparently joined one or more Caddoan groups. The language is known from a single vocabulary of 275 words collected in 1806 or 1807. Although it was earlier thought to be Caddoan, Adai is now considered an isolate." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 10

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Linguist List Status: Extinct