Catawban languages facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Catawban |
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| Eastern Siouan | |
| Geographic distribution: |
The Carolinas |
| Linguistic classification: | Siouan
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| Subdivisions: |
Catawba †
Woccon †
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 Pre-contact distribution of the Catawban languages
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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.
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