Catawban languages

Catawban
Eastern Siouan
Geographic distribution:	central North America
Linguistic classification:	Siouan Catawban
Subdivisions:	Catawba Woccon
Pre-contact distribution of the 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 aka Siouan–Catawban family.

Family division

The Catawban family consists of two languages:

Catawba (†)
Woccon (†)

Both are now extinct (†). They were not closely related.

References

Parks, Douglas R.; & Rankin, Robert L. (2001). The Siouan languages. In R. J. DeMallie (Ed.), Handbook of North American Indians: Plains (Vol. 13, Part 1, pp. 94–114). W. C. Sturtevant (Gen. Ed.). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 0-16-050400-7.