The Catawban (also Eastern Siouan) languages form a small language family in east North America. The Catawban family is a sub-family of the larger Siouan-Catawban family.

Family division

The Catawban family consists of 2 languages:

1. Catawba (†)
2. Woccon (†)

All Catawban languages are now extinct. Gordon (2005) reports that the last native speaker of Catawba died before 1960. An effort is now being made to revive the Catawba language.

See also

• Siouan-Catawban languages
• Catawba (tribe)

External links

• Catawba (Ethnologue)

Bibliography

• Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the world (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).
• 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.

Catawban languages | Indigenous languages of the North American Southeast | Languages of the United States | Extinct languages of North America