Woccon language

E778727

The Woccon language is an extinct Indigenous language of the Siouan family once spoken in what is now North Carolina.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Woccon language canonical 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Siouan language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
associatedWithTribe Woccon tribe ⓘ
linked to: Woccon people
attestedBy John Lawson ⓘ
category Extinct languages of North America ⓘ
Languages of North Carolina ⓘ
Siouan languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Catawba language ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
degreeOfDocumentation poorly documented ⓘ
documentedIn John Lawson’s 1709 vocabulary list ⓘ
endonymStatus unknown ⓘ
ethnicGroup Woccon people ⓘ
extinction 18th century ⓘ
glottocode wocc1238 ⓘ
glottologName Woccon ⓘ
hasLinguisticDataType wordlist ⓘ
hasPhylum Macro-Siouan (proposed) ⓘ
ISO639-3 xwc ⓘ
languageBranch Eastern Siouan ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Siouan
languageFamily Siouan language family ⓘ
linked to: Siouan languages
numberOfRecordedWords about 140 ⓘ
primarySourcesLocation colonial-era English accounts ⓘ
region North Carolina ⓘ
spokenInHistoricalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
early 18th century ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subfamily Catawban ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script (in documentation) ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

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

Catawba language → relatedTo → Woccon language ⓘ