Romance, a sub-dialect of Spanish; see Dicty. of “Galligo-Castellano,” by Rodriguez, Coruña, 1863.
⁂ In the thirteenth century Castilian (la lengua Castellana) prevailed exclusively in the two Castiles and Leon. It is now the proper name for modern Spanish. W. W. S.
Catalan, Catalonian.
A dialect of Spanish, vernacular in the province of Catalonia; it consists of a mixture of corrupted Latin and Gothic.
⁂ The old Catalonian strongly resembled Provençal, and was spoken in Catalonia, Aragon, part of Valencia, and the Balearic Islands. W. W. S.
See “Diccionario,” by Cerda, Barcelona, 1824.
Catawbas or Kutahbas.
American: dialect of the Catawhays, formerly vernacular in N. and S. Carolina. Gallatin’s “Synopsis,” Camb., U. S. 1836. See [Waccoa].
Cathlascon.
American: a mixed language of L. Columbia, also called Wasco, and sometimes classed as Chinuk; sometimes as Tschaili-Selish.