Catawba

A language of United States

ISO 639: chc
Population: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last speaker, Samuel Taylor Blue, died in 1959. Ethnic population: 500 (1977 SIL).
Location:: South Carolina: Rock Hill area.
Language Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Catawba Indian Nation (Catawba Tribe of South Carolina).
Classification: Siouan-Catawban, Catawban
Language Use: All shifted to English [eng].
Language Development: Dictionary. Texts. Catawba Nation’s Cultural Preservation Program is engaged in a language revitalization effort (Golla 2007).

Location: South Carolina: Rock Hill area.