C. T. Suddeth

Lumbee English

The Lumbee Tribe is located in Robeson County, North Carolina, with up to 100,000 living in the area. (likely some of my Pate family, a common Lumbee name). Their dialect is distinct from nearby white and black dialects.  

Cuz—greeting used for a fellow Lumbee

Toten—smell, sound, vision betraying the presence of a spirit

“I’m got to do it” “it bes that way”