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 |
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
|
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Onondaga orthographies