Iroquoian languages

E58446
indigenous North American languages language family

The Iroquoian languages are a family of indigenous North American languages historically spoken by the Iroquois and related peoples in the northeastern woodlands and southeastern regions of what is now the United States and Canada.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Northern Iroquoian languages 2
Huron-Wendat language 1
Iroquoian language family 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous North American languages ⓘ
language family ⓘ
areCharacterizedBy complex verbal morphology ⓘ
lack of labial consonants in many member languages ⓘ
noun incorporation ⓘ
pronominal prefixes on verbs ⓘ
relatively small set of consonants ⓘ
areEndangered true ⓘ
hasBranch Iroquoian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Iroquoian languages

Iroquoian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Iroquoian languages
hasGeographicDistribution Canada ⓘ
North America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

northeastern woodlands ⓘ
southeastern United States ⓘ
hasMember Cayuga language ⓘ
Cherokee language ⓘ
Wyandot language ⓘ
surface form: Huron-Wendat language

Laurentian language ⓘ
Mohawk language ⓘ
Nottoway language ⓘ
Oneida language ⓘ
Onondaga language ⓘ
Seneca language ⓘ
Tuscarora language ⓘ
Wyandot language ⓘ
haveWritingSystem Cherokee syllabary ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
historicallySpokenBy Cayuga nation ⓘ
surface form: Cayuga people

Cherokee ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee people

Haudenosaunee ⓘ
Wyandot ⓘ
surface form: Huron-Wendat people

Iroquoian peoples ⓘ
surface form: Iroquois

Mohawk people ⓘ
Oneida nation ⓘ
surface form: Oneida people

Onondaga nation ⓘ
surface form: Onondaga people

Seneca nation ⓘ
surface form: Seneca people

Tuscarora ⓘ
surface form: Tuscarora people
includesLanguage Cayuga language ⓘ
Cherokee language ⓘ
Iroquoian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Huron-Wendat language

Mohawk language ⓘ
surface form: Laurentian language

Mohawk language ⓘ
Nottoway language ⓘ
Oneida language ⓘ
Onondaga language ⓘ
Seneca language ⓘ
Tuscarora language ⓘ
Wyandot language ⓘ
subclassOf Amerindian languages ⓘ
Native American languages ⓘ
agglutinative languages ⓘ
head-marking languages ⓘ
polysynthetic languages ⓘ
typicalWordOrder verb–subject–object ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Mohawk language → family → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iroquoian language family
Iroquoian languages → hasBranch → Iroquoian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Iroquoian languages
Iroquoian languages → hasBranch → Iroquoian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Iroquoian languages
Haudenosaunee → hasLanguageFamily → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada → hasType → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Iroquoian languages → includesLanguage → Iroquoian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huron-Wendat language
Cayuga → languageFamily → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Cherokee Nation (historical) → languageFamily → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
First Nations → languageFamily → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Mohawk → languageFamily → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Mohawk people → languageFamily → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Native Americans → languageFamily → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Seneca → languageFamily → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Tuscarora → languageFamily → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Wyandot → languageFamily → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Mohawk language → subfamily → Iroquoian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Iroquoian languages