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Name:
Seneca
Type:
Language
Alternate Name:
Tsonnontouan
Spoken in:
USA, Canada
Number of speakers:
150 in United States (1997 W. Chafe). Population total all countries: 175. Ethnic population: 6,241 (1997 W. Chafe): 914 (2000 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
100
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
175
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
see
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Iroquoian
Parent Subgroup:
Iroquois Proper; Five Nations Iroquois (lptd)
Brief Description:
"Seneca is a Northern Iroquoian language, originally spoken by the westernmost tribe of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy in western New York and adjacent Pennsylvania. It is now spoken by about 100 people in three reservation communities in New York: Cattaraugus, on Lake Erie; Allegany, in Salamanca; and Tonawanda, near Buffalo. The youngest speaker is in his 50s." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 22
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
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