Onondaga
Onondaga is an Iroquoian language spoken in United States and Canada, by about 40 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Onondaga (; Onoñdaʼgegáʼ nigaweñoʼdeñʼ, IPA: [onũdaʔɡeɡáʔ niɡawẽnoʔdẽʔ], lit. 'Onondaga is our language') is the language of the Onondaga people, one of the original five constituent nations of the League of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois).
This language is spoken in the United States and Canada, primarily on the Onondaga Reservation in central New York State and the Six Nations of the Grand River near Brantford, Ontario.
From Wikipedia · Onondaga language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Onondaga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ukwe* | |
| name | hsEn* | |
| eye | kah* | |
| ear | ahuht* | |
| nose | 7nyuhs* | |
| tooth | no7j* | |
| tongue | 7nahs* | |
| hand | 7ny* | |
| blood | tkwEhs* | |
| bone | styE7t* | |
| skin | ihn* | |
| knee | kihi7n* | |
| breast | 7ahs* | |
| liver | thwEhs* | |
| water | ohnéganos | |
| fire | atek* | |
| sun | Ehkw* | |
| star | cistanohkwa* | |
| stone | nEy* | |
| mountain | nut* | |
| tree | Et* | |
| leaf | nEht* | |
| night | ahsut* | |
| dog | cihah* | |
| fish | iju7t* | |
| louse | ci7kt* | |
| one | skatah* | |
| two | teknih* | |
| I | i7* | |
| you | is* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
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- TuscaroraIroquoian88% alike
- SenecaIroquoian81% alike
- Mescalero-Chiricahua ApacheAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit79% alike
- CherokeeIroquoian78% alike
- Huron-WyandotIroquoian77% alike
- BolinaoAustronesian76% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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