cacophony [Grk kakophōnía ‘ill sound’]

Linguistic or musical discord resulting from a disagreeable combination of sounds. The antonym is euphonism.

Language family in North America with four languages, each with fewer than 200 speakers. Chafe (1979) considers Caddoan to be a member, along with Siouan and Iroquoian, of the Macro-Siouan language group, while Greenberg (1987) adds Keresan to the group and designates it Keresiouan.