Onondaga

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Ontario province: Six Nations Reserve.

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United States

Language NameOnondaga

User Population

12 in United States (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,600 (Golla 2007).

Location

New York: south of Syracuse.

Alternate Names

Onandaga, Ongwehonhwe, Onoñda’géga’

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Onondaga Nation.

Language Use

Elderly only. Shifted to English [eng].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.