LC control no. | sh 85122943 |
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LC classification | PM2351 |
Topical heading | Siouan languages |
Variant(s) | Catawba-Siouan languages Siouan-Catawban languages |
See also | Great Plains--Languages Indians of North America--Languages Prairie Provinces--Languages Southern States--Languages |
Found in | Ethnologue: p. 45 (Great Plains) Waldman, C. Atlas No. Am. Ind.: p. 230 (Great Plains, Prairie Provinces) Voegelin lang.: p. 308 (Great Plains, Prairie Provinces) Zisa, C. Am. Ind. lang.: p. 43. Britannica online, Sept. 10, 2020: Siouan languages (also called Siouan-Catawban and Catawba-Siouan, family of languages in North America spread primarily across the Great Plains, extending from Canada to Mississippi to North Carolina. The Catawban branch (formerly spoken in North and South Carolina) is the most divergent--i.e., the first to break off) Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, Indiana University Bloomington WWW site, Sept. 10, 2020: (map shows Siouan language group in the Great Plains and extending into Canada, and also in the area that is now the Carolinas) |