Seneca is the western-most Iroquoian language and was spoken in New York state. Closely related Iroquoian languages include Cayuga, Oneida, Mohawk and Onondaga. Seneca is also more distantly related to Cherokee.
Selected Language Information
Chafe, Wallace L. 1960. Seneca Morphology I: Introduction. International Journal of American Linguistics Vol. 26. 11–22
Chafe, Wallace L. 1967. Seneca Morphology and Dictionary. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press.
Chafe, Wallace L. 1997. Sketch of Seneca, an Iroquoian Language. In Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 17: Languages. Goddard, Ives and William C. Sturtevant (eds.) 551–579. Smithsonian Institution.
Chafe, Wallace L. 2007. Handbook of the Seneca Language. Albany, New York: Global Language Press.
Sample Archival Materials in the Native American Languages Collection
—–. (n.d.). Religious Acculturation: Testifying Service at Ann Arbor Negro Holiness Church; Allegany Seneca Hymn (modern religion). Morris Opler Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: audio. Catalog Number: MOP-001.
Kansy, Helga (author). 1987. Ancestral Language Revitalization: A Case Study of the Buffalo Project. Akira and Kimiko Yamamoto Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: manuscript. Catalog Number: AKY-478.
Chafe, Wallace L. (author). 1964. Another Look at Siouan and Iroquoian. General Field Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: manuscript. Catalog Number: GEN-385.
Chafe, Wallace L. (author). 1960. Seneca Morphology I: Introduction. General Field Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: manuscript. Catalog Number: GEN-408.
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