Catawba language

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Catawba language is an endangered Siouan language historically spoken by the Catawba people of the southeastern United States, primarily in South Carolina.

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Catawba language canonical 3

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Siouan language
endangered language
language
belongsTo Catawban branch of Siouan
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance marker of Catawba identity
documentedBy Frank G. Speck
James H. Merrell
endangermentCause language shift to English
ethnicGroup Catawba Indian Nation
surface form: Catawba people
glottocode cata1287
glottologName Catawba
hasAlternativeName Catawba
surface form: Catawban

Iswa
hasCommunityPrograms Catawba language classes for tribal members
hasEthnologueEntry yes
hasLinguisticFeature complex verb inflection
noun incorporation
verb-based morphology
hasLoanLanguageInfluenceFrom English language
hasRevitalizationEffort community language classes
documentation projects
hasWordOrder flexible word order
historicalRegion Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
historicalUseBy Catawba Indian Nation
ISO639-3 chc
languageFamily Siouan languages
languageShiftTo English language
morphologicalType polysynthetic
phonologicalType consonant–vowel syllable structure
primaryRegion South Carolina
regionType indigenous language of the Southeastern Woodlands
relatedTo Saponi language
Tutelo language
Woccon language
spokenIn Catawba Indian Nation
surface form: Catawba Indian Nation reservation

York County, South Carolina
status severely endangered
subfamily Eastern Siouan peoples
surface form: Eastern Siouan languages
UNESCOStatus critically endangered
usedBy Catawba cultural and ceremonial contexts
usedIn Catawba cultural education programs
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catawba nativeLanguage Catawba language
Siouan languages majorLanguage Catawba language
Catawba Indian Nation historicalLanguage Catawba language