Pre-European contact distribution of the Iroquoian languages. The Iroquoian languages are a language family of indigenous peoples of North America. They are known for their general lack of labial consonants. The Iroquoian languages are polysynthetic and head-marking. [1]

Apr 11, 2023 · The Iroquois alphabet and writing system is one of the oldest writing systems in North America, with a long and fascinating history. The alphabet has been used by the Iroquois people for thousands of years, and is still in use today.

Mohawk is an Iroquoian language spoken in southern Ontario and Quebec provinces in Canada, and in western New York State in the USA. In 2016 there were about 990 speakers of Mohawk in Canada, and there were about 2,050 Mohawk speakers in the USA in 2015.

Welcome to our Iroquois vocabulary page! There are six languages spoken by the Iroquois Nations: Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Tuscarora. These are related Iroquoian languages, but they are different enough that speakers of the six languages cannot easily understand each other.

The Iroquois (/ ˈɪrəkwɔɪ, - kwɑː / IRR-ə-kwoy, -⁠kwah), also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the endonym Haudenosaunee[a] (/ ˌhoʊdɪnoʊˈʃoʊni / HOH-din-oh-SHOH-nee; [8] lit. 'people who are building the longhouse') are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and...

Oneida is a Northern Iroquoian language with about 200 speakers in southern Ontario in Canada, and in New York state and part of Wisconsin in the USA. The native name for the language, Onʌyotaʼa:ka, means 'people of the standing stone'. The Oneida tribe was one of the original members of the Iroquois Confederacy, or Kanonsionni (league of clans).

Iroquoian languages, family of about 16 North American Indian languages aboriginally spoken around the eastern Great Lakes and in parts of the Middle Atlantic states and the South.

Dec 20, 2016 · A first attempt at the Iroquois language using the Cayuga variation. This video covers the alphabet & most basic points of the language.

Languages of the Iroquoian family, with links to information on each language and the Native American Indian people who speak it.

According to Ethnologue, the Iroquoian language family consists of 11 languages spoken in Canada and in the U.S. Today, the Iroquoian languages cling to life. The only language with a viable population is Cherokee. Except for Cherokee, speakers of the other Iroquoian languages are mostly older adults.