Catawban languages


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:
  1. Catawba ' - spoken by the Catawba people
  2. Woccon ' - spoken by the Waccamaw Siouan people
Both are now extinct . They were not closely related.