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Woccon Living Dictionary
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Language Name
Woccon.
Alternate Language Names
We are not aware of any alternate language names.
Region
North Carolina, United States
Who
Cape Fear Band of the Skarure and Woccon Indians; Anna Luisa Daigneault (Manager, Living Tongues Project Coordinator and Content Editor).
Others Involved
Lovell Eagle Elk, Teneia Blue Feather (Skakrure Woccon Nation Participation); Gregory D.S. Anderson, K. David Harrison, Jacob Bowdoin, Diego Córdova Nieto (Living Tongues Staff).
Publishing Information
This is an online dictionary created with the Living Dictionaries platform and does not display any launch or update dates. The citation directions list 2025, which may be the launch date.
How People are Cited
People are cited on the About and Contributors pages.
How Information is Cited
Contributors are cited anonymously and the manager by name on the Contributors page. Previously published materials that may have been used in creating this dictionary are listed on the About page.
Where is Information Coming from
Information in this dictionary comes from contributors and managers. Contributors are able to add and edit information, but cannot delete content, whereas managers can add, edit, and delete. Users can request to become contributors on the Contributors page by clicking the Request Access button and filling out the online form.
It is unclear whether information has also been gathered from previously documented/published materials. There are three previously published materials that may have been used in creating this dictionary cited on the About page. These resources include John Lawson's A Vocabulary of Woccon (1709, reprinted in 1998), R. Carter's The Woccon Language of North Carolina: Its Genetic Affiliations and Historical Significance (1980), and B.A. Rudes' "Resurrecting Coastal Catawban: The Reconstituted Phonology and Morphology of the Woccon Language" in the Southern Journal of Linguistics (2000).
Tools and Framework used
This is an online multimedia dictionary which includes audio. It is built using the Living Dictionaries platform.
Access
This dictionary is open access.
Included Languages and Directionality
Woccon to English.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, mono-directional online dictionary with a search function.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are organized alphabetically by Woccon, and each entry is a button that leads to the full entry when clicked on. Entries contain the Woccon headword and the English translation. Most entries also have the part of speech and the semantic domain. The dictionary can be sorted in several ways: through the part of speech, the semantic domain, and a variety of other features such as whether the entry has an example sentence, an image, audio, and many more. Entries can also be searched in either English or Woccon.
There is a Grammar page that, as of mid-2025, has not been populated.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | ❌ | |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ | No dialect is specified |
Other Notes
This dictionary is an ongoing project that is built up largely by the language community's participation. Users can request to become contributors to the dictionary on the Contributors page by clicking the button Request Access.
External Links
Access the Woccon Living Dictionary on Living Dictionaries: https://livingdictionaries.app/woccon/about
Read about the dictionary on the Living Tongues blog: https://livingtongues.org/woccon-living-dictionary/