What is Iroquoian languages?
{{Infobox language family|name=Iroquoian|region=eastern [[North America]]|familycolor=American|family=One of the world's primary [[language family|language families]]|protoname=[[Proto-Iroquoian language|Proto-Iroquoian]]|child1=''[[Cherokee language|Cherokee]]''|child2=Northern Iroquoian|iso2=iro|iso5=iro|glotto=iroq1247|glottorefname=Iroquoian|map=Iroquoian langs.png|mapcaption=Pre-European contact distribution of the Iroquoian languages.}} The '''Iroquoian languages''' are a language family of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous peoples of North America]]. They were spoken in regions around the [[Great Lakes]], Middle Atlantic states and the [[Southern United States|South]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Iroquoian languages {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Iroquoian-languages|access-date=2022-08-12|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref> Today most of the languages are [[Extinct language|extinct]] or spoken by very few people.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-02-23|title=Iroquoian Languages|url=http://www.languagegeek.com/rotinonhsonni/iroquoian.html|access-date=2022-08-12|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2012-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223184513/http://www.languagegeek.com/rotinonhsonni/iroquoian.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> The languages include Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Susquehannock/Conestoga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora, Nottaway, Huron/Wyandot, Petun and Cherokee. Only seven are spoken today. Most of the languages are ''Northern Iroquoian'' languages. Cherokee is the only ''Southern Iroquoian'' language. The language content is rich in [[verb]]s. Many nouns in the language come from verbs. The language is rich in third-person categories.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Iroquoian Languages|url=https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199772810/obo-9780199772810-0023.xml|access-date=2022-08-12|website=obo|language=en}}</ref> == Related pages == * [[Iroquois]] * [[Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands]] * [[Native Americans in