Catawban languages
| Catawban | |
|---|---|
| Eastern Siouan | |
| Geographic distribution | The Carolinas |
| Linguistic classification | Siouan
|
| Subdivisions | |
| Linguasphere | 64-AB |
| Glottolog | cata1285 |
 Pre-contact distribution of the Catawban languages | |
The Catawban, or Eastern Siouan, languages form a small language family in east North America. The Catawban family is a branch of the larger Siouan a.k.a. Siouan–Catawban family.
Family division[]
The Catawban family consists of two languages:
- Catawba (†) - spoken by the Catawba people
- Woccon (†) - spoken by the Waccamaw Siouan people
Both are now extinct. They were not closely related.
References[]
- Parks, Douglas R.; & Rankin, Robert L. (2001). The Siouan languages. In R. J. DeMallie (Ed.), Handbook of North American Indians: Plains (Vol. 13, Part 1, pp. 94–114). W. C. Sturtevant (Gen. Ed.). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 0-16-050400-7.
Categories:
- Catawban languages
- Catawba
- Indigenous languages of the North American Southeast
- Languages of the United States
- Extinct languages of North America
- Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs