Onondaga language

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Onondaga
Onǫdaʼgegáʼ / Onoñdaʼgegáʼ
Pronunciation[onũdaʔɡeɡáʔ]
Native toCanada, United States
RegionSix Nations Reserve, Ontario, and central New York state
Ethnicity1,600 Onondaga people (2007)[1]
Native speakers
40 (2007)[1]
Revivalincreasing numbers since 2010[2]
Iroquoian
  • Northern
    • Lake Iroquoian
      • Five Nations
        • Onondaga
Language codes
ISO 639-3ono
Glottologonon1246
ELPOnondaga
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The 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).

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

  1. ^ a b Onondaga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Moses, Sarah (September 13, 2015). "Onondaga Nation's urgent mission: Saving our language". Syracuse.com. Retrieved 2015-10-03.