Cayuga

Facts

  • Language: Cayuga
  • Alternate names:
  • Language code: cay
  • Language family: Iroquoian, Northern Iroquoian, Five Nations-Huronian-Susquehannock, Five Nations-Susquehannock (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: ~100
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Tribal leaders and linguists working with Cayuga prefer not to give current figures for number of speakers.The number of native speakers reportedly dropped to blow 100 by 2008.