Geographic
distribution: central North America Subdivisions: Catawba
Woccon Glottolog: cata1285 | Linguistic classification: Siouan
Catawban Linguasphere: 64-AB | |
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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
Catawban languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA