Endangered Languages Project - Seneca

Seneca

^{[aka Tsonnontouan, Taroko,]}

Classification: Iroquoian

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Tsonnontouan, Taroko
CLASSIFICATION		Iroquoian, Northern Iroquoian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		see
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “An Overview of Language Preservation at Ohi: yoʹ, the Seneca Allegany Territory.” . Borgia, Melissa E. (2010)

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<50
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"there are less than 50 speakers altogether" (from personal communication from Wallace Chafe, 2007) (p. iv).

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~100
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA, New York

PLACES: USA, New York

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~100
Native speakers worldwide
OLDER ADULTS
The youngest speaker is in his 50s.
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
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.

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA, New York

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: In three reservation communities in New York: Cattaraugus, on Lake Erie; Allegany, in Salamanca; and Tonawanda, near Buffalo.

LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

42.3291,-78.868; 43.0555,-80.1938

COORDINATES

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Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO