Laurentian language

Laurentian, or St. Lawrence Iroquoian, was an Iroquoian language spoken until the late 16th century along the shores of the Saint Lawrence River in present-day Quebec and Ontario, Canada. It is believed to have disappeared with the extinction of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, likely as a result of warfare by the more powerful Mohawk from the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy to the south, in present-day New York state of the United States.

Laurentian
Native toCanada
RegionSaint Lawrence River Valley
Extinctlate 16th century
Iroquoian
  • Northern?
    • Laurentian
Language codes
ISO 639-3lre
Linguist List
lre
Glottologlaur1250
Territory occupied by the St. Lawrence Iroquois, circa 1535
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