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Catawban languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
central North America

Subdivisions:
  
Catawba Woccon

Glottolog:
  
cata1285

Linguistic classification:
  
Siouan Catawban

Linguasphere:
  
64-AB

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:

  1. Catawba (†) - spoken by the Catawba people
  2. Woccon (†) - spoken by the Waccamaw Siouan people

Both are now extinct (†). They were not closely related.

References

Catawban languages Wikipedia