Onondaga language
E289963
The Onondaga language is an Indigenous Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy in what is now New York State and Ontario.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Onondaga language canonical | 17 |
| Onondaga orthographies | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2692965 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Onondaga language Context triple: [Iroquoian languages, includesLanguage, Onondaga language]
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A.
Cayuga language
The Cayuga language is an Indigenous Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the Cayuga people, one of the member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.
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B.
Shinnecock language
Shinnecock language is an Algonquian Native American language historically spoken by the Shinnecock people of Long Island, New York, and currently the focus of revitalization efforts.
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C.
Mahican language
The Mahican language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language historically spoken by the Mahican people of the upper Hudson River Valley in what is now New York State.
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D.
Ho-Chunk language
The Ho-Chunk language is a Native American Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Ho-Chunk people of Wisconsin and Nebraska, known for its complex verb morphology and ongoing revitalization efforts.
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E.
Mohawk language
The Mohawk language is an Indigenous Iroquoian language of North America, traditionally spoken by the Mohawk people in regions of what are now New York, Ontario, and Quebec.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Onondaga language Target entity description: The Onondaga language is an Indigenous Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy in what is now New York State and Ontario.
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A.
Cayuga language
The Cayuga language is an Indigenous Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the Cayuga people, one of the member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.
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B.
Shinnecock language
Shinnecock language is an Algonquian Native American language historically spoken by the Shinnecock people of Long Island, New York, and currently the focus of revitalization efforts.
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C.
Mahican language
The Mahican language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language historically spoken by the Mahican people of the upper Hudson River Valley in what is now New York State.
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D.
Ho-Chunk language
The Ho-Chunk language is a Native American Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Ho-Chunk people of Wisconsin and Nebraska, known for its complex verb morphology and ongoing revitalization efforts.
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E.
Mohawk language
The Mohawk language is an Indigenous Iroquoian language of North America, traditionally spoken by the Mohawk people in regions of what are now New York, Ontario, and Quebec.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous language of North America
ⓘ
Iroquoian language ⓘ Native American language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Iroquois Confederacy
ⓘ
surface form:
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Cayuga language
ⓘ
Mohawk language ⓘ Oneida language ⓘ Seneca language ⓘ Tuscarora language ⓘ |
| culturalRole | key marker of Onondaga identity ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| family |
Iroquoian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Iroquoian languages
|
| hasDialect |
New York Onondaga
ⓘ
Onondaga ⓘ
surface form:
Ontario Onondaga
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ono ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Iroquoian languages ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern Iroquoian branch ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern North America ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community language classes
ⓘ
language documentation projects ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Onondaga nation
ⓘ
surface form:
Onondaga Nation
|
| spokenIn |
New York State
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ |
| statusInCommunity | first language of a small number of elders ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Onondaga Nation School ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
community-based programs in New York
ⓘ
community-based programs in Ontario ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion | Onondaga traditional territory ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Onondaga language Description of subject: The Onondaga language is an Indigenous Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy in what is now New York State and Ontario.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Onondaga orthographies