IROQUOIAN LANGUAGES

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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.

As of 2020, all surviving Iroquoian languages are severely or critically endangered, with only a few elderly speakers remaining. The two languages with the most speakers, Mohawk in New York and Cherokee, are spoken by less than 10% of the populations of their tribes.

The origin of the word Iroquois comes from the Algonquian-speaking tribes "Iroqu" which means "rattlesnake".

The Iroquoian languages include Mohawk (Kanien’kehá:ka),
Oneida (Onᐱyoteʔa∙ká), Onondaga (Onoñda’gega’), Cayuga (Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’), Seneca (Onödowa’ge:onö), Tuscarora (Skarù∙ręʔ) the languages spoken by the People of the Longhouse or Haudenosaunee, and the nations that comprise the Iroquois Confederacy or League of the Five [Six] Nations.

Huron-Wyandot (Waⁿdát), and a few lesser-known languages (e.g., Laurentian and Susquehannock). These languages form the northern branch of the Iroquoian family.

Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ Tsalagi) being the sole member of the southern branch. They were among the first nations encountered by European explorers and voyagers to North America, who left some early records of the languages.

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