Cheroenhaka language

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The Cheroenhaka language, also known as Nottoway, is an Iroquoian language historically spoken by the Nottoway (Cheroenhaka) people of southeastern Virginia.

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instanceOf Iroquoian language
Native American language
endangered language
alternativeName Cheroenhaka-Nottoway NERFINISHED
Nottoway NERFINISHED
Nottoway language NERFINISHED
associatedTribe Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe NERFINISHED
country United States of America
culturalRole marker of Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) identity
documentation limited vocabulary records
wordlists collected in the 19th century
ethnicGroup Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) people NERFINISHED
Nottoway people NERFINISHED
extinctionRisk critically endangered
geographicFeatureAssociated Nottoway River NERFINISHED
glottologStatus recognized as distinct Iroquoian variety in some classifications
hasCommunityOrganization Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Southampton County, Virginia NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking language
polysynthetic language
verb-heavy morphology
historicalRegion United States NERFINISHED
southeastern Virginia
historicalUseBy Nottoway Indian communities along the Nottoway River
ISOStatus no ISO 639-3 code as of early 21st century
languageFamily Iroquoian languages NERFINISHED
languageShiftTo English
morphologicalFeature incorporation of nouns into verbs
pronominal prefixes on verbs
phonologicalFeature contrastive nasal consonants
primaryLocation Virginia NERFINISHED
region Atlantic coastal plain NERFINISHED
relatedTo Cherokee language NERFINISHED
Meherrin language NERFINISHED
Tuscarora language
researchField Iroquoian linguistics
language revitalization studies
revitalizationEffort community-based language revival projects
language classes organized by Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Tribe
status moribund
subfamily Southern Iroquoian NERFINISHED
syntacticFeature relatively free word order
timeDepth attested in colonial-era Virginia records
usedInCeremony tribal cultural and heritage events
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Nottoway language alternateName Cheroenhaka language