Catawba language

Catawba
Ye Iswąˀ
Native toUnited States
RegionSouth Carolina
EthnicityYe Iswąre (Catawba)
Extinct1959, with the death of Samuel Taylor Blue
Revival1989[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3chc
Glottologcata1286
ELPCatawba
Linguasphere64-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
[2]

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.

The last native, fluent speaker of Catawba was Samuel Taylor Blue, who died in 1959.[3] The Catawba people are now working to revitalize and preserve the Catawba language.

  1. ^ "Catawba Language". Catawba Nation Archives. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  2. ^ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 9.
  3. ^ Thomas J. Blummer, Catawba Indian Nation: Treasures in History (The History Press, 2007), p. 101