Wendat

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A language of Canada

ISO 639-3
wdt
Alternate Names
Huron, Huron-Wendat
User Population

No known L1 speakers. The last speakers survived into the 1960s. Ethnic population: 4,150 (2020 M. Lukaniec).

Location

Quebec province: Wendake community.

Language Status

9 (Dormant). Language of recognized indigenous peoples: Nation Huronne Wendat.

Classification
Iroquoian, Northern Iroquoian, Five Nations-Huronian-Susquehannock, Huronian, Huron-Petun
Language Use

Shifted to French [fra].

Language Development

Dictionary. Wendat is taught to adults at the adult education centre at Wendake, and to children at the primary school on the reserve, École Wahta’ (2021 M. Lukaniec).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Wendat
Other Comments

After the Huron Confederacy was destroyed by the Iroquois around 1650 in a war over control of the fur trade, some Hurons settled at Lorette (Wendake), near Quebec City, the ancestors of present-day Wendats (Golla 2007).