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tuscarora language
The TuscaroraLanguage is a TuscaroraNottowayLanguage of Canada. SIL code: TUS. ISO 639-2: iro. Population: 7 or 8 speakers in Canada (1991 M. Dale Kinkade). Population total both countries: 17. Region: Six Nations Reserve, Ontario. Comments: Bilingualism in English. Only elderly speakers left. Dictionary. Grammar. Nearly extinct. Also spoken in: USA. Language name: TUSCARORA. Population: 10 or fewer speakers in USA (1998 James Brooke New York Times 4/9/98) out of 1,000 population including Canada (1977 SIL). Alternate names: SKAROHREH. Comments: Bilingualism in English. Only elderly speakers left. Children are being taught the Tuscarora language in eastern North Carolina. Dictionary. Nearly extinct.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancescontent bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 iroquoian languageAn IroquoianLanguage is any of 10 related languages found in NorthAmerica that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 language familyA LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family)
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 natural languageThe subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages.
 northern iroquoian languageOf the 10 IroquoianLanguages, eight related languages are classified as a NorthernIroquoianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 tuscarora nottoway languageOf the eight NorthernIroquoianLanguages, one language is classified as a TuscaroraNottowayLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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