Also Known As:
Tsonnontouan, Taroko
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Language in the Community
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<50
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
5
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Borgia, Melissa E. 2010. An Overview of Language Preservation at Ohi: yoʹ, the Seneca Allegany Territory. Indiana University of Pennsylvania PhD dissertation.
Bibliography of Locations:
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.
Bibliography of Context:
Borgia, Melissa E. 2010. An Overview of Language Preservation at Ohi: yoʹ, the Seneca Allegany Territory. Indiana University of Pennsylvania PhD dissertation.