Onondaga language

Onondaga language (Onoñdaʼgegáʼ nigaweñoʼdeñʼ, IPA: [onũdaʔɡeɡáʔ niɡawẽnoʔdẽʔ], literally "Onondaga is our language") is the language of the Onondaga First Nation, one of the original five constituent tribes of the League of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee).

Onondaga
Onǫdaʼgegáʼ / Onoñdaʼgegáʼ
Native toCanada, United States
RegionSix Nations Reserve, Ontario, and central New York state
Ethnicity1,600 Onondaga people (2007)
Native speakers
40 (2007)
increasing numbers since 2010
Iroquoian
  • Northern
    • Lake Iroquoian
      • Five Nations
        • Onondaga
Language codes
ISO 639-3ono
Glottologonon1246
ELPOnondaga

This language is spoken in the United States and Canada, primarily on the reservation in central New York State and near Brantford, Ontario.

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