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Nations

Below is a list of nations and nationalities. These include nations part of the Haudenosaunee confederacy and others outside.
EnglishOneidaLiteral translation
Mohawk
Kanyʌʔkeha·ká̲·
flint
Oneida
Onʌyoʔteʔa·ká̲·
standing stone
Onondaga
Onutaʔkeha·ká̲·
hills
Cayuga
Kayukeʔa·ká̲·
great swamp / pipe
Seneca
Tsiʔtwanaʔa·ká̲·
great hill / mountain
Tuscarora
Taskaló·lu̲
hemp / shirt
Ojibway
Latitwaʔkánha̲ʔ
(unknown)
Algonquin
Latilu·táks
They eat trees
Cree
Kalhakuhlonú
People of the forest (?)
Huron
Thotinutáthe̲
They're making buttermilk
Inuit
Otholeʔkehlo·nú
People of the north
American
Ostohlonuʔkeha·ká̲
(unknown)
French-Canadian
Walé·lu̲
(unknown)
Here are a couple examples that you can use in sentences:
PronounPhraseTranslation
í·
Onʌyoʔteʔa·ká· niwakuhutsyó·tʌ̲ʔ
I am an Oneida
isé·
Onʌyoʔteʔa·ká· nisuhutsyó·tʌ̲ʔ
You are an Oneida
laulhá·
Onʌyoʔteʔa·ká· nihauhutsyó·tʌ̲ʔ
He is an Oneida
akaulhá·
Onʌyoʔteʔa·ká· niyakauhutsyó·tʌ̲ʔ
She is an Oneida