Family Trees!

Kopris, Craig. (2009). Iroquoian Family Tree. Presented at Wendat Language Symposium, Wendake, Québec.

Huron Wendat Family Tree

What is a family tree? And no, I don't mean the Ancestry family tree. I'm talking about the family tree used for illustrating language families! 

A language family tree demonstrates the familial relations between several languages. What is important to remember is that these languages come from one common proto language - or in other words, all these languages come from one common language. Using familial terms, this one language is common would be perceived as the head of the family. 

What the chart above illustrates is that Wendat is an Iroquoian language. This then separated into southern and northern languages. From northern languages, the languages are then separated int lake and coastal; and it is from there that Wendat is found! 

This chart also highlights the relationship between other Iroquoian Languages such as Cherokee, Mohawk, or Seneca.

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