| Wyandot | ||
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| Spoken in | Canada, United States | |
| Region | northeastern Oklahoma, Quebec | |
| Language extinction | Spoken until recently near Sandwich, Ontario and Wyandotte, Oklahoma. There were 2 older adult speakers still alive in 1961. | |
| Language family | Iroquoian
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| Writing system | modified Latin alphabet | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | – | |
| ISO 639-3 | wya | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
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 died out as a spoken language centuries ago, but is being studied and promoted as a second language. Anthropologist John Steckley was reported in 2007 as being "the sole speaker" (non-native) of Wyandot.[1].
The Language is written with the Latin Alphabet, making use of two extra letters, θ for /θ/, and Ȣ for /u/.
The lyrics of the Christmas hymn Huron Carol, written in 1643 by the missionary Jean de Brébeuf, were originally written in Wyandot.
Examples:
- Seten-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
- ^ J. Goddard, Scholar sole speaker of Huron language, Toronto Star, Dec 24, 2007.
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