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Siouan languages

LC control no.sh 85122943
LC classificationPM2351
Topical headingSiouan languages
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Variant(s)Catawba-Siouan languages
Siouan-Catawban languages
See alsoGreat Plains--Languages
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Indians of North America--Languages
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Prairie Provinces--Languages
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Southern States--Languages
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Found inEthnologue: 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)