Tuscarora > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Tuscarora
Type:
Language
Alternate Name:
Skarohreh
Spoken in:
USA, Canada
Number of speakers:
7 in Canada (Kinkade 1991). Population total all countries: 11
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
3
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
12
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
tus
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Iroquoian
Parent Subgroup:
Tuscarora-Nottoway; Tuscarora-Nottaway (tuno)
Brief Description:
"Tuscarora, a Northern Iroquoian language, was spoken until the early eighteenth century in eastern North Carolina. After 1711-3 many Tuscaroras moved north to join the League of the Iroquois in New York, settling near the Seneca. After the American Revolution part of the group fled to Canada, joining other Iroquois on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario. Only two or three speakers of Tuscarora remain, all over 80." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 24
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Tuscarora
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