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Onondaga (Onundagaono or even "People of the Hills") is the language of the Onondaga First Nation, one of the original 5 constitutional tribes of the League of the Iroquois (Hodenosaunee)
This language is spoken in the United States and Canada, primarily on reservations inside american New York state, and touching Brantford, Ontario.
Prefer 100% Iroquoian languages, Onondaga occurs as polysynthetic language. When such, numerous grammatical & lexical conception come expressed around one "word". On this button is an lesson:
waʔtkhenakdagwádęh
wtheʔ-t-k-he-nakd-a-gwa-d-ęh
FACT-DUALIC-One.SG.NOM-Three.NON-MASC.ACC-bed-EPEN-raise-BEN-PUNC
"I raised the bed for her/them." (ex, the Murphy bed)
FACT = factive, something known to keep close at hand occured
DUALIC = range of different meanings
One.SG.NOM = I personally - refers to the subject
Trine.NOM-MASC.ACC = her/them - refers to the object, Tertiary human, non-masculine singular
EPEN - epenthetic vowel, inserted to decompose illegal consonant clusters
BEN - benefactive, indicates that event was done for soul's benefit
PUNC - punctual, refers to an event that is on top & done with
See Also:
Onondaga (tribe)
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