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Iroquoian languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The family includes the languages of the Iroquois Confederacy (including the extinct Mingo language), as well as Cherokee. The Meherrin peoples may have spoken an Iroquoian language, but there is not enough data to determine this with certainty. Some linguists group the Iroquoian languages with the Siouan languages as the Macro-Siouan family, but this larger family is not recognized by a consensus of linguists. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iroquoian   (521 words)

Cayuga language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Cayuga Language List of Cayuga words, in alphabetical order, with audio files of a native speaker pronouncing each. Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District Enhances and protects the natural resources of Cayuga County through hands-on implementation of best management practices. Cayuga Article on the history and culture of the tribe from the Iroquois Indian museum. www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Cayuga_language.html   (380 words)

Encyclopedia: Iroquoian languages In oral language, a phoneme is the theoretical basic unit of sound that can be used to distinguish words or morphemes; in sign language, it is a similarly basic unit of hand shape, motion, position, or facial expression. Cayuga (In Cayuga Goyogohó:nǫ’) is a Northern Iroquoian language of the Iroquois Proper (a. An extinct language is a language which is no longer natively spoken: it is estimated that one natural human language dies every two weeks. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Iroquoian-languages   (1402 words)

Cayuga Cayuga, when first encountered by Europeans, occupied several villages near the lake bearing their name in New York state. Cayuga of the SIX NATIONS Band number over 5100 (1996), but fewer than 300 still speak their native language. Cayuga continues as the language used in the rituals of the traditional HANDSOME LAKE RELIGION on that reserve. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0001469   (187 words)

Cayuga tribe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) The Cayuga tribe was one of the five original constituents of the Iroquois, a confederacy of Indians in New York. The Cayuga homeland lay in the Finger Lakes region between their league neighbors, the Onondaga and the Seneca. Due to many attacks on American colonists during the American Revolution, the punitive Sullivan Expedition devastated the Cayuga homeland. www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Cayuga_tribe.html   (337 words)

Cayuga Language The original territory of the Cayuga people is western New York state, around the lake that bears their English name. The United States Census counts 40 Cayuga speakers, and the Canadian Census groups the Cayugas together with other Rotinonhsón:ni. Phonologically (in the grammar of the language), 〈t〉 and 〈d〉 are the same sound: /t/. www.languagegeek.com /rotinonhsonni/cayuga.html   (314 words)

Cayuga Language (Gayogohono) Cayuga is an Iroquoian language of the Northeast Woodlands. Between one and two hundred Cayuga people still speak the language today, most in Ontario (though there are still a few Cayuga-speaking elders in New York State.) The language has been in decline, but some young people are working to keep their ancestral language alive. Cayuga history is interesting and important, but the Cayugas are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary art as well as museum pieces, and the issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday. www.native-languages.org /cayuga.htm   (309 words)

American Indian Language Resources Alaska Native Language Center Established in 1972 by state legislation as a center for documentation and cultivation of the state's 20 Native languages. Institute for the Preservation of the Original Languages of the Americas The Institute for the Preservation of the Original Languages of the Americas collaborates with indigenous communities to revitalize and perpetuate the languages and culture of the original inhabitants of the Americas. Indigenous Language Institute The ILI collaborates with indigenous communities to reviatlize and perpetuate the languages and culture of the original inhabitants of the Americas www2005.lang.osaka-u.ac.jp /~krkvls/lang.html   (1693 words)

Language page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) The Aanishnaabeg languages were originally spoken by what is known as the Three Fires Confederacy Nations and they are the: Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Odawa. The Ogwehoweh languages are written using the English Roman Writing System with the addition of various diacritic marks to emphasize certain sounds not found in English. These two Official languages received further protection when they were entrenched in the Constitution of Canada (1982) in sections 16 to 23 of the Canadian Constitution's Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. www.woodland-centre.on.ca /languages.html   (550 words)

Annotated Information on the Iroquoian The four languages which have become extinct are an influential part that must be understood in order to fully comprehend the language family. It is interesting to note that a lot of the languages within the family are spoken in the United States as well as in Canada (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca in NY and Cherokee in North Carolina). It then breaks off into a Cayuga state of mind with the first return of the Cayuga, followed by the second departure of the Cayuga, then the second return, the third departure, third return, fourth and final departure and finally ends with the Seneca influence on the Onondaga language. www.unh.edu /linguistics/courses/790CS/annotations/HW2/Iroquoian.Katie.HW2.htm   (1775 words)

Cayuga Medical Center The way in which a person speaks and uses language reveals a great deal about thought-processing skills, memory deficits, and the ability to focus attention. They need to explore ways in which to regain the language already stored in their brains, but which is less easily accessible as a result of their stroke. She has a mater's degree in Communicative Disorders/Speech Language Pathology and is certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association. www.cayugamed.org /articles/read.dbm?ID=202   (677 words)

Cayuga in TutorGig Encyclopedia The Cayuga are also a nation of Native Americans within the Iroquois Confederacy. USS Cayuga was the name of three ships in the United States Navy. HMCS Cayuga was the name of a Tribal class destroyer with the Royal Canadian Navy. www.tutorgig.com /ed/Cayuga   (284 words)

Ethnologue 14 report for language code:CAY The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000). It has been superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). English is the first or second language for the ethnic group. www.ethnologue.com /14/show_language.asp?code=CAY   (76 words)

Can the Web Save My Language?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) For language learning, it is important to hear the language, better to see and hear it used in context, and the best is, of course, to be able to use it in context. Language materials have also been printed as anthropological and linguistic works, but these also tend to be of a limited distribution, either because they are very expensive books to acquire, or couched in an academic subject matter that limits their popular appeal. As a language teaching methodology, “grammar-translation” was commonly used in foreign language classrooms in the earlier part of the century, and is the traditional method for learning Latin and Ancient Greek. www.potawatomilang.org /Reference/endlgsweb4.htm   (8251 words)

Aboriginal Affairs Branch Alexina Kublu was born in Igloolik and is fluent in Inuktitut. She is involved in the teaching of Inuktitut as a first and second language and in the development of Inuktitut training materials. Ruth Norton is a former Director of the Languages and Literacy Secretariat of the Assembly of First Nations and is a founding Director of the Manitoba Association for Native Languages. www.pch.gc.ca /progs/pa-app/progs/ccla-alcc/memb_e.cfm   (1542 words)

Open Directory - Society: Ethnicity: The Americas: Indigenous: Native Americans: Tribes, Nations and Bands: C: Cayuga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Cayuga - Article on the history and culture of the tribe from the Iroquois Indian museum. Cayuga Nation - Overview of the tribe from the Six Nations Reserve. Cayuga Nation - History and line art image from the Gayogoho:no, or People of the Great Swamps of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. www.dmoz.org /Society/Ethnicity/The_Americas/Indigenous/Native_Americans/Tribes,_Nations_and_Bands/C/Cayuga   (138 words)

Awards and Scholarships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) A member of the Bear Clan of the Onondaga Nation, Reg was highly respected for his knowledge in the Longhouse traditions and languages and honoured as a Faithkeeper. He worked diligently for the preservation of theHodihnohsoni Languages and is credited in the publication of Wadewayesdanih, a Cayuga Teaching Grammar and for the design anddevelopment of a phonetic writing system that reflects the pronunciation ofthe Cayuga Language. He taught the language to his children and grandchildren and will always be remembered as one who cared. www.snpolytechnic.com /langaward.htm   (273 words)

2004-2005 Undergraduate Calendar - Aboriginal Studies Language courses in Mohawk and Cayuga satisfy the Language Requirement for Humanities majors. ABST 2P03 Intermediate Cayuga I Application of literacy skills and extension of vocabulary and listening skills by reading taped stories and legends and responding orally to audio-taped exercises and in writing to printed exercises. ABST 2P04 Intermediate Cayuga II Development of communication abilities and acquisition of the grammatical forms of future, aorist, indefinite and perfect tenses; transitive pronouns, noun incorporation and locatives. www.brocku.ca /webcal/2004/undergrad/ABST.html   (867 words)

Mohawk Language Resource   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Hans-Jurgen Sasse (Cayuga Language Linguist) University of Koln 50923 Koln Koln, Germany E-mail: hj.sasse@uni-koeln.de Carrie Dyck (Cayuga Language Linguist) Department of Linguistics Memorial University of Newfoundland Science Building, Rm. The following are known places that either teach the Kanienkehaka language, write curriculum or are good sources of information and materials. www.kahonwes.com /language/mohawk_lang_other.html   (125 words)

bookmarks6 About 100 people now speak the language, and the Cayuga school at Six Nations Reserve near Brantford offers a K-12 immersion program. Cayuga is an Iroquoian language related to the Mohawk and Seneca languages. There are many recordings of the oral tradition of the Cayuga. www.mun.ca /univrel/gazette/2002-2003/may1/bookmarks6.html   (311 words)

Native American Culture - Languages This language center was established in 1972 by state legislation as a center for documentation and cultivation of the state's 20 Native languages. The Comanche Language and Cultural Preservation Committee is succeeding at preserving the "NUMU TEKWAPUHA" and restoring it as a living language. The Manitoba Metis Federation is in partnership with the Department of Canadian Heritage - Aboriginal Languages initiative and the Metis National Council in a planned three year language project. www.ewebtribe.com /NACulture/lang.htm   (1374 words)

Tip of the Iceberg Cayuga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Owidragehya:ht The Tip of the Iceberg Cayuga Immersion consists of eleven 10-minute Cayuga language audiocassettes and two 55-page cerlox bound books developed by Chief Jacob Thomas, Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario. The books are organized with one book in English and the other with the corresponding Cayuga that follows the Cayuga language audiocassettes. This package introduces the complexity of the Cayuga language through a sampling of verb declensions. www.goodminds.com /audio/Tip%20of%20the%20Iceberg%20Cayuga.html   (185 words)

Foundation for Endangered Languages: Iatiku Newsletter - Endangered Languages of Canada During the 1994 annual meeting of the CLA (Canadian Linguistic Association) at the University of Calgary, a Round Table discussion on the topic of "Linguists, Native Languages and Native Communities" was held. The Ogwehoweh languages are spoken by the Six Nations Confederacy people and they are Seneca, Oneida, Cayuga, Mohawk, Onondaga and Tuscarora. The Ogwehoweh languages are written using the English Roman writing system with various diacritic marks to emphasize certain sounds not found in English. www.bris.ac.uk /Depts/Philosophy/CTLL/FEL/i3/iatiku13.htm   (1011 words)

News 10 Now | 24 Hour Local News | Tompkins/Cortland County In the Cayuga Indian language means "excellent refreshment." For Edmund McHale, it means excellent income. The Cayugas have a land claim deal awaiting approval from Congress and the state legislature. The Onondagas are the last tribe of the original Iroquois Confederacy, including the Cayuga Nation, to file a claim. news10now.com /content/all_news/tompkinscortland_county?ArID=39149&SecID=111   (244 words)

Onkwe'on:we:kha:' -- Natively (Mingo / Seneca, and other North Iroquoian Languages) From a pure linguistic point of view, the language of the Mingo people and the language of the Seneca people are practically identical, having only some dialectical differences between them (in fact, they are less different from eachother than American English is from Brittish English). It started as an aid to myself in my attempts to organize the many features of this language, which is quite different from languages I have been familiar with earlier. Through the close resemblance among the Northern-Iroquois languages, I hope to help also people who are interested in other Iroquoian languages (Seneca is practically identical to Mingo; Onondaga, Cayuga are mutually intelligible to a native speaker. www.geocities.com /gilf_1/IroMain.htm   (1177 words)

Directory - Society: Ethnicity: The Americas: Indigenous: Native Americans: Tribes, Nations and Bands: C: Cayuga Kayonkwe'haka  · cached · Links to Cayuga Nation resources, from the Kahon:wes's Iroquois Confederacy Index. Cayuga Nation  · cached · History and line art image from the Gayogoho:no, or People of the Great Swamps of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Cayuga  · cached · Article on the history and culture of the tribe from the Iroquois Indian museum. www.incywincy.com /default?p=512838   (93 words)

"the People's Paths home page!" First People's Language Teaching Indigenous Languages "This site is an outgrowth of a series of conferences started in 1994 at Northern Arizona University focusing on the linguistic, educational, social, and political issues related to the survival of the endangered indigenous languages of the world." (See information concerning upcoming dates for future conferences.) Contact Jon Reyhner Aboriginal Languages Initiative Objective: "The Aboriginal Languages Initiative maintains and revitalizes Aboriginal languages for future generations by increasing the number of Aboriginal language speakers, by encouraging the transmission of these languages from generation to generation, and by expanding language usage in family and community settings. The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas "SSILA was founded in December 1981 as the international scholarly organization representing American Indian linguistics, and was incorporated in 1997. www.thepeoplespaths.net /language.html   (4821 words)

Onkwe'on:we:kha:' -- North-Iroquoian Phenomena which, once you are aware of them, help you understand what's going on and use the language yourself. The complete absence of the letter «r» from the Mingo/Seneca language (compared to its [partial] presence in the other North-Iroquoian languages). A local glossary of terms, whether cultural and historical (such as "the Iroquois League") or language related (such as "pronomial-prefix", "Stative", and "aspect"). www.geocities.com /gilf_1/MLang.htm   (563 words)

Cayuga%2C IN The Cayuga Wine Trail is located in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Two-year college in Auburn, NY sponsored by Cayuga County and supervised by the State University of New York. Situated in the village of Cayuga Heights, close to historic Cornell University and a few minutes drive to either beautiful Cayuga Lake or shopping centers of the City of Ithaca. www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Cayuga%2C_IN   (920 words)

The Rosetta Project: the 1000 language archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Send a message to a Cayuga language specialist or native speaker who might be able to review or contribute materials. The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to develop a contemporary version of the historic "Rosetta Stone". We are creating this broad language archive through an open contribution, open review process and we invite you to participate. www.rosettaproject.org:8080 /live/search/invitecolleague?ethnocode=CAY&langname=Cayuga   (162 words)

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