Seneca language

The Seneca Language is the language spoken by the Seneca people. It is part of the Iroquoian language family. It is closely related to the Cayuga language. It is spoken on reservations in Western New York. The language has 13 letters. The language is rich in verbs. One can add to verb bases. There are no strict word order rules. The Seneca Faithkeepers School was founded in 1998 to teach young children the language. The language is endangered, but it is being taught and studied.^[2][3]

Seneca
Onödowáʼga꞉ʼ
Native to	United States, Canada
Region	Western New York and the Six Nations Reserve, Ontario
Ethnicity	Seneca
Native speakers	100 (2007)[1]
Language family	Iroquoian Northern Lake Iroquoian Five Nations Seneca–Cayuga Seneca
Language codes
ISO 639-3	see
Glottolog	sene1264
ELP	Seneca
Map of the New York tribes before European arrival, showing the pre-contact distribution of Seneca in western New York   Iroquoian tribes   Algonquian tribes
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Related pages

• Seneca people
• Iroquois