Catawba language
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Catawba (/kəˈtɔːbə/) is one of two Eastern Siouan languages of the eastern US, which together with the Western Siouan languages formed the Siouan language family.
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Catawba | |
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Ye Iswą | |
Native to | United States |
Region | South Carolina |
Ethnicity | Ye Iswąre (Catawba) |
Extinct | 1959, with the death of Samuel Taylor Blue[1] |
Revival | 1989[2] |
Siouan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | chc |
Glottolog | cata1286 |
ELP | Catawba |
Linguasphere | 64-ABA-ab |
Pre-contact distribution of the Catawba language. | |
Catawba is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [3] |
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The last native, fluent speaker of Catawba was Samuel Taylor Blue, who died in 1959.[4] The Catawba people are now working to revitalize and preserve the Catawba language.