Tuscarora language

E113051

The Tuscarora language is an Iroquoian language historically spoken by the Tuscarora people of the Eastern Woodlands, now critically endangered with only a few fluent speakers and ongoing revitalization efforts.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tuscarora language canonical 22

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iroquoian language ⓘ
agglutinative language ⓘ
critically endangered language ⓘ
indigenous language of North America ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
alignment active–stative alignment ⓘ
culturalRole central to Tuscarora cultural identity ⓘ
used in traditional ceremonies ⓘ
currentRegion New York ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
documentation Tuscarora dictionaries ⓘ
grammars by linguists such as Marianne Mithun ⓘ
endangermentCause English language dominance ⓘ
colonial displacement ⓘ
residential school policies ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tuscarora Nation ⓘ
linked to: Tuscarora
family Northern Iroquoian languages ⓘ
linked to: Iroquoian languages
glottocode tusc1257 ⓘ
historicalRegion Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic region of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states

North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
ISO639-3 tus ⓘ
languageFamily Iroquoian languages ⓘ
morphology polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
prefixing morphology ⓘ
phonology contrastive tone ⓘ
relatively small consonant inventory ⓘ
relatedTo Cayuga language ⓘ
Mohawk language ⓘ
Nottoway language ⓘ
Oneida language ⓘ
Onondaga language ⓘ
Seneca language ⓘ
revitalization community-based language classes ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ
language immersion programs ⓘ
speakers very few fluent speakers ⓘ
spokenBy Tuscarora people ⓘ
linked to: Tuscarora
status critically endangered ⓘ
subfamily Northern Iroquoian languages ⓘ
linked to: Iroquoian languages
syntax verb-centered syntax ⓘ
teachingContext community centers ⓘ
tribal schools ⓘ
wordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tuscarora War → languageOfParties → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Haudenosaunee → hasLanguage → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Iroquoian languages → includesLanguage → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Iroquoian languages → hasMember → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Mohawk language → closelyRelatedTo → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Tuscarora → language → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Six Nations of the Grand River → languageUsed → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Chief Hancock → language → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Chief Tom Blount → language → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Six Nations → usesLanguage → Tuscarora language ⓘ
People of the Longhouse → traditionalLanguage → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Cayuga language → closelyRelatedTo → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Onondaga language → closelyRelatedTo → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Nottoway language → closelyRelatedTo → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Skarù∙ręʼ → speaksLanguage → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Ohsweken, Ontario → hasPrimaryLanguage → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Tuscarora Nation of New York → hasLanguage → Tuscarora language ⓘ
Neoheroka → language → Tuscarora language ⓘ
subject linked to: Neoheroka (Tuscarora town)
Longhouse ceremonies → languageUsed → Tuscarora language ⓘ