Catawban branch of Siouan
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The Catawban branch of Siouan is a small subgroup of the Siouan language family that includes the Catawba language and closely related, now-extinct languages once spoken in the southeastern United States.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Siouan languages
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Catawban
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Siouan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Catawba people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Waccamaw people NERFINISHED ⓘ Woccon people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationLevel | primary branch within Siouan family ⓘ |
| documentation | attested in colonial-era wordlists and descriptions ⓘ |
| extinctionCause |
language shift to English
ⓘ
population decline from disease and colonization ⓘ |
| familyColor | Siouan–Catawban ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ adjacent areas of the southeastern United States ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Catawba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Woccon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | largely extinct ⓘ |
| includes |
Catawba language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
closely related extinct languages ⓘ |
| linguisticRelation | closely related to other Siouan branches ⓘ |
| macroFamilyHypothesis | sometimes grouped in a Siouan–Catawban macro-family ⓘ |
| partOf | Siouan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructionStatus | partially reconstructed from historical sources ⓘ |
| region | southeastern United States ⓘ |
| statusOfMemberLanguages | extinct or nearly extinct ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Siouan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | divergence from other Siouan branches in pre-contact period ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
head-marking grammar
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| wordOrder | flexible SOV/SVO ⓘ |
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