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Siouan (/ˈsuːən/ SOO-ən) or Siouan–
Catawban is a
language family of
North America that is
located primarily in the
Great Plains, Ohio and
Mississippi valleys...
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Catawban family is a
branch of the
larger Siouan a.k.a. Siouan–
Catawban family.
Recognized members of the
Eastern Siouan/
Catawban family include:...
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closely related to the
Catawban languages,
sometimes called Eastern Siouan, and
together with them
constitute the
Siouan (Siouan–
Catawban)
language family....
- a
Mississippi Valley Siouan language,
belonging to the
greater Siouan-
Catawban language family. It is
closely related to and
mutually intelligible with...
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tribe in the
Carolinas Catawba language, a
language in the
Catawban languages family Catawban languages Catalpa, a
genus of trees,
based on the name used...
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Catawbans is a
series of
three books by Gary
Freeze on the
history and
genealogy of
Catawba County in
North Carolina. Freeze, a
professor at Catawba...
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anthropologist Frank Speck suggested that the name
might derive from the
Catawban word pi'ri,
meaning "something good," or pi'here,
meaning "smart", "expert"...
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Southern American English Texan English Indigenous languages Alabama Caddo Catawban Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Comanche Kickapoo Koasati Mikasuki Muscogee...
- (Algic
languages and
Iroquoian languages)
Plains cultural area (Siouan–
Catawban languages)
Northwest Plateau cultural area (Salishan languages) Northwest...
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native to
southeastern North America. The word
yaupon was
derived from the
Catawban yą́pą, from yą- tree + pą leaf.
Another common name, c****ina, was borrowed...
