Wyandot language

language
name=Wyandot
states=Canada, United States
region=northeastern Oklahoma, Quebec
script=modified Latin alphabet
familycolor=American
fam1=Iroquoian
fam2=Northern Iroquoian
fam3=Proto-Lake Iroquoian
fam4=Huron
extinct=Spoken until recently near Sandwich, Ontario and Wyandotte, Oklahoma. There were 2 older adult speakers still alive in 1961.
iso3=wya

Wyandot is the Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the people known variously as Wyandot, Wendat, or Huron. It was last spoken primarily in Oklahoma and Quebec. Wyandot no longer has any native speakers, but is being studied and promoted as a second language. Anthropologist John Steckley was reported in 2007 as being the last speaker of Wyandot. J. Goddard, [http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/288382 Scholar sole speaker of Huron language] , Toronto Star, Dec 24, 2007.] .

The Language is written with the Latin Alphabet, making use of two extra letters, θ for IPA|/θ/, and unicode|Ȣ for IPA|/u/.

The lyrics of the Christmas hymn Huron Carol, written in 1643 by the missionary Jean de Brébeuf, were originally written in Wyandot.

Examples:

*"Senet"-Stop, used on road signs (with "arrêt") in some Huron reserves, such as Wendake in Quebec.
*"Skat"-One
*"Tindee"-Two
*"Shenk"-Three
*"Anduak"-Four
*"Weeish"-Five
*"Sandustee"-Water

Notes

ources

*ethnologue|code=wya|label=Wyandot
*http://www.native-languages.org/wyandot_words.htm