Iroquoian family
Seneca
1500 CE – today Living
Seneca (1500 CE – today) is a living Iroquoian language. Lineage: Proto-Iroquoian → Proto-Northern Iroquoian → Seneca.
See Seneca on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
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- Glottocode
- sene1264
Five Nations Iroquoian, spoken in western New York. Critically endangered, with active revitalization.
Lineage
- Proto-Iroquoianc. 2,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
- Proto-Northern Iroquoianc. 1,000 BCE – 500 CE
- Seneca1500 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Northern Iroquoian.