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North America
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~212

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Ethnic Population

14,500?

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Most of the modern Oneidas live in two widely separated reservation communities, about 3,000 on the Thames River near London, Ontario, and 11,000 at Green Bay, Wisconsin. In addition, a few hundred Oneidas continue to live in upstate New York, some on a small tract of land near the town of Oneida, and others dispersed into neighboring white and Indian communities. There are about 200 fluent speakers of Oneida in Ontario and perhaps a dozen in Wisconsin; there are no reliable estimates for the New York Oneidas.

Year of info

2008

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USA; Canada

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

12

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA; Canada

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44.5158,-88.0075

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA; Canada

Coordinates

43.0778,-75.6622; 42.8286,-81.4068; 44.5158,-88.0075

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250

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Ethnic Population

1,500-2,000

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200 in Canada (Kincade 1991). Population total all countries: 250. Ethnic population: 1,500 to 2,000 (1997 H. Woodbury).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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USA; Canada

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Ontario, New York, Wisconsin: Southern Ontario, Six Nations Reserve. Central New York, east Wisconsin.

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Ontario, New York, Wisconsin: Southern Ontario, Six Nations Reserve. Central New York, east Wisconsin.

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English

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192

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Ethnic Population

14,000

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Canada: 180 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 3,000 (Golla 2007). US: 12 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 11,000 (Golla 2007).

Year of info

2016

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Canada, USA

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~212

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There are 200 fluent speakers in Ontario, and about 12 in Wisconsin (thus according to one source it is 200, and the other source it is 12). There is no accurate count for speaker numbers in New York, although "some speakers are reported" (Golla 2007:71).

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2007

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USA; Canada

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2005

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43.0,-75.6666666667

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
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    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  3. North America
    Golla, Victor. 2007. "North America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 1-96. London & New York: Routledge.
  4. North America
    Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.
  5. Endangered Languages of the United States
    Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.
  6. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  7. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  8. Oneida
    Abbott, Clifford. 2000. "Oneida." 301: München: Lincom.
  9. Oneida
    Abbott, Clifford. 2000. "Oneida." 301: Lincom Europa.
  10. A comparative study of Lake-Iroquoian Accent
    Michelson, Karen. 1988. "A Comparative Study of Lake-Iroquoian Accent." Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  11. Oneida Verb Morphology
    Lounsbury, Floyd. 1953. "Oneida Verb Morphology." 48: Department of Anthropology, Yale University.
  12. Two feminine genders in Oneida
    Abbott, Clifford. 1984. "Two Feminine Genders in Oneida." In Anthropological Linguistics, 26: 125-137.
  13. The use of demonstratives in Oneida narratives
    Diessel, Holger. 1999. "The Use of Demonstratives in Oneida Narratives."
  14. An Oneida Dictionary
    Christjohn, Amos and Maria Hinton. 1996. "An Oneida Dictionary." Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.