Siouan family
Proto-Siouan
c. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE Reconstructed
Proto-Siouan (c. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Siouan language family, with 3 descendant languages and stages on the map.
See Proto-Siouan on the interactive mapReconstructed ancestor of Siouan (Siouan–Catawba, if Catawban is counted). Probably spoken in the Ohio Valley or the Mississippi Valley; the dating is uncertain.