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
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
Seneca is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Seneca (/ˈsɛnəkə/;[2] in Seneca, Onöndowaʼga꞉ʼ Gawë꞉noʼ, or Onötowáʼka꞉) is the language of the Seneca people, one of the Six Nations of the Hodinöhsö꞉niʼ (Iroquois League); it is an Iroquoian language, spoken at the time of contact in the western part of New York.[3] While the name Seneca, attested as early as the seventeenth century, is of obscure origins, the endonym Onödowáʼga꞉ translates to "those of the big hill."[3] About 10,000 Seneca live in the United States and Canada, primarily on reservations in western New York, with others living in Oklahoma and near Brantford, Ontario. As of 2022, an active language revitalization program is underway.[4]
^Seneca at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Seneca (/ˈsɛnəkə/; in Seneca, Onöndowaʼga꞉ʼ Gawë꞉noʼ, or Onötowáʼka꞉) is the language of the Seneca people, one of the Six Nations of the Hodinöhsö꞉niʼ...
statesman, dramatist Seneca people, one of the six Iroquois tribes of North America Senecalanguage, the language of the Seneca people Seneca, California, an...
The Seneca (/ˈsɛnɪkə/ SEN-ik-ə; Seneca: O-non-dowa-gah, lit. 'Great Hill People') are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically...
Seneca Polytechnic, formerly Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology or Seneca College for short, is a multi-campus public college in the Greater...
The Seneca Nation of Indians is a federally recognized Seneca tribe based in western New York. They are one of three federally recognized Seneca entities...
Their people speak the Senecalanguage, an Iroquoian language. The Tonawanda Seneca Nation is one of two federally recognized Seneca tribes in Western New...
Seneca mythology refers to the mythology of the Onödowáʼga: (Seneca people), one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) from the...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (/ˈsɛnɪkə/ SEN-ik-ə; c. 4 BC – AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome...
Algonquian name for Iroquoian-language groups in general. The Mingo have also been called "Ohio Iroquois" and "Ohio Seneca". Most were forced to move from...
two phonetically similar but etymologically distinct words in the Senecalanguage: Hodínöhšö:ni:h, meaning "those of the extended house", and Hodínöhsö:ni:h...
meaning "(on) the meadow" or "(on) the prairie" (cf. Mohawk kenhtà:ke, Seneca gëdá'geh (phonemic /kɛ̃taʔkɛh/), "at the field"). Another theory suggests...
Aboriginal peoples' teaching and archiving of language and culture. Iroquoian languages Oneida languageSenecalanguage Mohawk Dutch "Mohawk". Ethnologue. Retrieved...
River that forms its southern border, which, in turn, originated from the Seneca word ohiːyo', meaning "good river", "great river", or "large creek". The...
1725–c. 1794; Seneca: Kayahsotaˀ, "he stands up to the cross" or "he sets up the cross") was an important Native American leader of the Seneca people in the...
is ice-free year-round. The name "Ohio" comes from the Senecalanguage (an Iroquoian language), Ohi:yo' (roughly pronounced oh-hee-yoh, with the vowel...
The Tonawanda Indian Reservation (Seneca: Ta:nöwöde') is an Indian reservation of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation located in western New York, United States...
names in indigenous American languages include ori'te in Mohawk, and putchee nashoba, or "lost dove", in Choctaw. The Seneca people called the pigeon jahgowa...
August 1815) was a Seneca religious leader of the Iroquois people. He was a half-brother to Cornplanter (Gayentwahgeh), a Seneca war chief. Handsome...
place of strong-smelling mud or clay. (The Senecalanguage does not have a distinct R sound; the Senecalanguage equivalent, Canawaugus, was originally used...
Nations (or Six Nations of the Grand River, French: Réserve des Six Nations, Seneca: Ye:i’ Níónöëdzage:h) is demographically the largest First Nations reserve...
is a Seneca (Onödowáʼga:) author, and educator, and lexicographer. She is best known for her work on the Senecalanguage, including Senecalanguage dictionaries...
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