The people we know today as "The Iroquois" are really six different tribes speaking different languages. Five of these are closely related to each other but certainly not the same: Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Seneca and Cayuga. The sixth tribe, the Tuscarora, are also classed as "Iroquoian" but they originated much further south in North Carolina - they joined the other five tribes in 1722.
So there are really 6 Iroquois languages and also many others classed as Iroquoian.
These are the first five number words to illustrate the point:
English.......................Onondaga........................Seneca.......................Mohawk
one.............................sajadat............................skat............................enska
two.............................tekeni...............................tekni...........................tekeni
three...........................achso................................se-h...........................ahsen
four.............................gajeri................................kei..............................kaie:ri
five..............................wisk..................................wis..............................wisk
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Every nation has its own language. (Don't confuse a nation - an ethnic group - with a state, a governmental territory.) "Iroquois" is a European attempt to represent an Indian word. It refers to both "Iroquoian languages" and a political unit, which its members called the Hodenosaunee, the "League of the Iroquois." This consisted of the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Odonaga, the Cayuga and the Seneca - and later, the Tuscarora. There were Iroquoian groups not in the League, such as the Huron.
The Oneida tribe speak the Oneida language, one of the family of languages known as Iroquoian; it is closely related to, but definitely not the same as, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga and Mohawk. There is no such language as "Iroquois".
For example the Oneida word for fire is o·tsísteˀ. In Cayuga it is ode:kaˀ.
The Oneida word for bear is ohkwa·lí; in Cayuga it is hnyagwai'.
The Oneida word for water is ohne·kán or ohne·kánus; in Cayuga it is ohneganohs.
Only the last of these three words clearly shows the connection between the two languages.
Oneida people today speak mainly English: a very few people still speak the native language but it is classed as endangered and may disappear soon if not preserved and protected.
The Huron (or Wyandot or Wendat) language is classified as "Iroquoian", meaning that it is distantly related to Erie, Petun, Susquehanna and the languages spoken by the Iroquois tribes. This does not mean that a Huron could have a conversation with a Seneca or Cayuga, for example - all three languages were entirely different.
A few examples of words in Huron and Cayuga will demonstrate this point:
English..............................Huron...............................Cayuga
sun...................................yaandeshra......................gagwagyes
fox....................................thnaintonto......................heshai
goose...............................yahhounk.........................hǫgak
man..................................airgahon...........................hǫgweh
woman..............................utchke..............................agǫgweh
moccasin...........................arghshee..........................ahdahgwaǫweh
one....................................scat..................................sgat
five....................................weeish..............................hwihs
bad....................................waughshe........................wahetgęh
otter...................................tawendeh........................jodedrǫ
an algonquian language
Today all wampanoags speak English however in the past there native language was Wampanoag
They spoke their native language, Wampanoag language (Massachusett). Today, they speak english.
Today most speak English. Historically, they spoke Massachusett language, also called Wôpanâak.
The Massachusett language is an Algonquian language of the Algic language family, formerly spoken by several peoples of eastern coastal and south-eastern Massachusetts and currently, in its revived form, in four communities of Wampanoag people.
Kanien'kehá:ka people, also called Mohawk people, once spoke Iroquioan languages.
Today they speak:
Formerly they spoke:
Kanien'kehá:ka people, also called Mohawk people, once spoke Iroquioan languages.
Today they speak:
Formerly they spoke:
The Huron people, also called the Wyandot or Wendat people, speak English and French.
Historically, they spoke Wyandot. Wyandot (sometimes spelled Waâ¿dat) was an Iroquoian language descended from the Wendat (Huron). It has been extinct since 1972.
Today most speak English. Historically, they spoke Massachusett language, also called Wôpanâak.
The Massachusett language is an Algonquian language of the Algic language family, formerly spoken by several peoples of eastern coastal and south-eastern Massachusetts and currently, in its revived form, in four communities of Wampanoag people.
Due to revitalization begun in 1993, there are now 5 native speakers, and more than 500 second-language learners.
The Iroquois is not one tribe but several. And there are eight to ten languages depending on how one classifies them. Cayuga, Cherokee, Huron, Mingo, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Tuscarora, and Wyandot.
from
http://mingolanguage.org/iroquoianlanguages.html
The Manhasset indians spoke the Munsee and Unami languages.
Sourashtian
Caddoan
I believe they spoke Algonquian
There is no information about languages that were spoken by Tocobaga people.
The Manhasset indians spoke the Munsee and Unami languages.
Algonquian!
Sioux
Caddoan
Sourashtian
algonquon
english.
english.
They spoke Caddoan
Algonqulan Or Algonkian
Iroquian and/or Ojibway
they speak english and french