The Catawban branch consists of a subset of various historical languages in the Siouan–Catawban language family, within the Appalachian Plateau and Piedmont regions of present-day Virginia and the Carolinas. These languages are sometimes collectively referred to as Eastern Siouan.
| Catawban | |
|---|---|
| Eastern Siouan | |
| Geographic distribution | The Carolinas |
| Linguistic classification | Siouan
|
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Linguasphere | 64-AB |
| Glottolog | cata1285 |
 Pre-contact distribution of the Catawban languages | |
The two attested Catawban languages were historically spoken by the Catawba and Woccon peoples. While early scholars such as John R. Swanton suggested that the Woccon may have represented a late subdivision of the Waccamaw, contemporary linguists have not reached a consensus on whether Woccon was the specific language of the historic Waccamaw people or a related Catawban variety.[1][2] The Catawban languages have been hypothesized by some to represent a dialect continuum with Ohio Valley Siouan languages (Ofo language/Mosopelea, Biloxi language).[3] The Catawban family is a branch of the larger Siouan–Catawban language family.
Family division
editRecognized members of the Catawban language family include:
- Catawba (†) – spoken by the Catawba people
- Woccon (†) – spoken by the Woccon people, possibly Waccamaw[2]
References
edit- ↑ Swanton, John Reed (2003). The Indian tribes of North America. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co. pp. 90, 100. ISBN 9780806317304.
- 1 2 Passmore, Elizabeth; Sayers, Addie; Bradley, Julien; Lomboy, Ashley (15 May 2024). "Reviving Waccamaw Siouan: Reconciling ethics, Indigenous epistemologies, and colonial data archives". Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America. 9 (1): 5717. doi:10.3765/plsa.v9i1.5717.
- ↑ Ryan M. Kasak. 2016. "A distant genetic relationship between Siouan-Catawban and Yuchi." In Catherine Rudin and Bryan J. Gordon (eds.), Advances in the study of Siouan languages and linguistics, 5–39. Berlin: Language Science Press. DOI:10.17169/langsci.b94.120 https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/be94144a-3e4f-4913-9089-2bcfe5bd0879/611691.pdf
- 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.
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