Catawba language

E218536

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Catawba language canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

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

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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 ⓘ
Eastern Siouan peoples → historicalLanguage → Catawba language ⓘ
Iswa → alternativeName → Catawba language ⓘ
Woccon language → closelyRelatedTo → Catawba language ⓘ
Saponi language → geneticRelation → Catawba language ⓘ
Catawban branch of Siouan → includes → Catawba language ⓘ
Yesan → hasLinguisticRelation → Catawba language ⓘ
Tutelo language → hasLinguisticRelation → Catawba language ⓘ
subject linked to: Yesan
Yesáng → closelyRelatedTo → Catawba language ⓘ