| Woccon | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | North Carolina; possibly later New York[1] |
| Ethnicity | Woccon, possibly Waccamaw[1][2] |
| Extinct | early 18th century |
| Revival | 2020s[3][2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xwc |
xwc | |
| Glottolog | wocc1242 |
| Linguasphere | 64-ABA-aa |
 Original distribution of the Woccon language | |
Woccon was one of two attested Catawban (also known as Eastern Siouan) languages of what is now the Eastern United States. Together with the Western Siouan languages, they formed the Siouan language family. It is attested only in a vocabulary of 143 words, printed in a 1709 compilation by English colonist John Lawson of Carolina.[4][non-primary source needed] The Woccon people that Lawson encountered have been considered by some scholars, including John R. Swanton, to have possibly been a late subdivision of the Waccamaw.[1] Contemporary linguists and researchers have been unable to resolve whether Woccon directly represents the language of the historic Waccamaw people, as opposed to representing a related Catawban language.[2]
The Woccon are believed to have been decimated as a people during the Tuscarora War in the Carolinas with English colonists in 1713. Survivors were likely absorbed into the Tuscarora, an Iroquoian-speaking people, who subsequently migrated north to New York, settling with the five nations of the Iroquois Confederacy by 1722 and being accepted as the sixth. Under these pressures, the Woccon language is believed to have become extinct in the eighteenth century. Some descendants of Woccon ancestry possibly survive in the Southeast as well as Canada, where the Six Nations of the Iroquois migrated after the American Revolutionary War.[5]
- ^ a b c Swanton, John Reed (2003). The Indian tribes of North America. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co. pp. 90, 100. ISBN 9780806317304.
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LTIwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Lawson, John (1709). “A vocabulary of Woccon”, in A New Voyage to Carolina; Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of That Country: Together with the Present State Thereof. And a Journal of a Thousand Miles, Travel’d Thro’ Several Nations of Indians. Giving a Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, &c. View online.
- ^ Carter, R. (1980). "The Woccon Language of North Carolina: Its Genetic Affiliations and Historical Significance", in International Journal of American Linguistics, Volume 46, Number 3. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/465652?journalCode=ijal
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