Seneca language

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Iroquoian language Native American language endangered language indigenous language of North America

The Seneca language is an Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the Seneca people, one of the nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and is the focus of ongoing revitalization efforts.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Seneca language canonical	26

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iroquoian language ⓘ Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ
alignment	active–stative alignment ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Cayuga language ⓘ Mohawk language ⓘ Oneida language ⓘ Onondaga language ⓘ
currentRegion	New York ⓘ surface form: New York State Seneca-Cayuga Nation ⓘ surface form: Oklahoma (Seneca-Cayuga) Ontario ⓘ surface form: Ontario, Canada
ethnicGroup	Haudenosaunee ⓘ Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ Seneca nation ⓘ surface form: Seneca Nation
family	Iroquoian languages ⓘ surface form: Iroquoian language family
hasFeature	animacy distinctions ⓘ aspect marking ⓘ complex verb morphology ⓘ noun incorporation ⓘ prefixing verb structure ⓘ pronominal prefixes ⓘ
hasLinguisticDocumentationBy	Wallace Chafe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrganizationSupport	Seneca nation ⓘ surface form: Seneca Nation of Indians Seneca-Cayuga Nation ⓘ tribal education departments ⓘ
hasResourceType	audio recordings ⓘ dictionaries ⓘ grammars ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	see ⓘ
languageBranch	Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Five Nations Iroquoian
languageStatus	severely endangered ⓘ
morphologyType	agglutinative language ⓘ polysynthetic language ⓘ
revitalizationEffort	community language classes ⓘ curriculum development in schools ⓘ documentation and recording projects ⓘ immersion programs for children ⓘ
revitalizationStatus	subject of active revitalization programs ⓘ
spokenBy	Seneca nation ⓘ surface form: Seneca people
subfamily	Iroquoian languages ⓘ surface form: Northern Iroquoian languages
traditionalRegion	Finger Lakes ⓘ surface form: Finger Lakes region Genesee River watershed ⓘ surface form: Genesee River valley Southern Ontario ⓘ surface form: Southern Ontario (historical) Western New York ⓘ
usedIn	Haudenosaunee longhouse ceremonies ⓘ ceremonial contexts ⓘ storytelling ⓘ traditional songs and chants ⓘ
wordOrder	flexible word order ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haudenosaunee → hasLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Iroquoian languages → includesLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Iroquoian languages → hasMember → Seneca language ⓘ

Seneca → nativeLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Six Nations of the Grand River → languageUsed → Seneca language ⓘ

Tuscarora language → relatedTo → Seneca language ⓘ

Huron → relatedTo → Seneca language ⓘ

subject surface form: Huron language

Five Nations → usesLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Six Nations → usesLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Longhouse religion → usesLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Seneca nation → language → Seneca language ⓘ

Ohi:yoʼ → languageOfName → Seneca language ⓘ

Mingo people → primaryLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

People of the Longhouse → traditionalLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Oneida language → closelyRelatedTo → Seneca language ⓘ

Cayuga language → closelyRelatedTo → Seneca language ⓘ

Onondaga language → closelyRelatedTo → Seneca language ⓘ

Cattaraugus Reservation → hasRecognizedLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Oil Springs Reservation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Tonawanda Band of Seneca → preserves → Seneca language ⓘ

Red Jacket → nativeLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Guyasuta → languageSpoken → Seneca language ⓘ

Allegany Reservation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Tonawanda Reservation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Ohsweken, Ontario → hasPrimaryLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

Handsomen Lake Code → hasLanguage → Seneca language ⓘ

subject surface form: Handsome Lake Code