Catawba
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A language of United States
User 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).
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).