Western Siouan languages
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The Western Siouan languages, also called Siouan proper or simply Siouan,[1] are a large language family native to North America. They are closely related to the Catawban languages, sometimes called Eastern Siouan, and together with them constitute the Siouan (Siouan–Catawban) language family.
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Western Siouan | |
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Siouan Proper | |
Geographic distribution | central North America |
Linguistic classification | Siouan
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Glottolog | core1249 |
Pre-contact distribution of the Western Siouan languages |
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Linguistic and historical records indicate a possible southern origin of the Siouan people, with migrations over a thousand years ago from North Carolina and Virginia to Ohio. Some continued down the Ohio River, to the Mississippi and up to the Missouri. Others went down the Mississippi, settling in what is now Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Others traveled across Ohio to what is now Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, home of the Dakota.