Catawba
Catawba was a Siouan language once spoken in United States.
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Catawba ( kə-TAW-bə) is one of two Catawban languages of the eastern US, which together with the Siouan languages forms the Siouan–Catawban languages. The last native, fluent speaker of Catawba was Samuel Taylor Blue, who died in 1959. The Catawba people are now working to revitalize and preserve the Catawba language.
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Words in Catawba
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | ye | |
| woman | inya | |
| water | yehiye | |
| fire | impi | |
| stone | iti | |
| river | iswa | |
| night | witchawa | |
| dog | tansi | |
| big | tro |
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