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The Iroquoian languages are a First Nation and Native American language family in North America. They are known for their general lack of labial consonants. Iroquoian languages are polysynthetic and head-marking. Today, all surviving Iroquoian languages except Cherokee and Mohawk are severely endangered, with only a few elderly speakers remaining. ==Family division== :''Southern Iroquoian'' :::::: Cherokee :''Northern Iroquoian'' :: ''Lakes Iroquoian'' ::: ''Five Nations and Susquehannock'' :::: ''Seneca–Onondaga'' ::::: ''Seneca–Cayuga'' :::::: Seneca (severely endangered) :::::: Cayuga (severely endangered) ::::: ''Onondaga'' :::::: Onondaga (severely endangered) :::: ''Mohawk–Oneida'' :::::: Oneida (severely endangered) :::::: Mohawk :::: ''Susquehannock'' :::::: Susquehannock (†) ::: ''Huronian'' :::::: Wyandot (''Huron–Petun'') (†) :::::: Wenrohronon (†) :::::: Neutral (†) :::::: Erie (†) :: ''Tuscarora–Nottoway'' :::::: Tuscarora (nearly extinct) :::::: Nottoway (†) :''Unclear'' :::::: Laurentian (†) Scholars are finding that what has been called the ''Laurentian'' language appears to be more than one dialect or language. In 1649 the tribes constituting the ''Huron'' and ''Petun'' confederations were displaced by war parties from Five Nations villages (Mithun 1985). Many of the survivors gathered, ultimately forming the Wyandot tribe. Ethnographic and linguistic field work with the Wyandot (Barbeau 1960) yielded enough documentation for scholars to characterize and classify the Huron and Petun languages. The languages of the tribes that constituted the Wenrohronon, Neutral and the Erie confederations were very poorly documented. These groups were called ''Atiwandaronk,'' meaning 'they who understand the language' by the Huron. They are historically grouped with them. The group known as the Meherrin were neighbors to the Tuscarora and the Nottoway (Binford 1967) in the American South and may have spoken an Iroquoian language. There is not enough data to determine this with certainty. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iroquoian languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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