Variable: iroquoian-haudenosaunee-modifier-alist

iroquoian-haudenosaunee-modifier-alist is a variable defined in iroquoian.el.gz.

Value

(("::" 183))

Documentation

Alist of rules for modifier letters in Haudenosaunee input methods.

Entries are as with rules in quail-define-rules.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/leim/quail/iroquoian.el.gz
;;; Haudenosaunee (composite Northern Iroquoian)

;;
;; This input method represents a composite input method for all of the
;; Northern Iroquoian languages included above.
;;
;; Although the "Iroquoian languages" is a standard term employed by
;; linguists and scholars, some believe the term "Iroquois" to be of
;; derogatory origin (see Dyck 2024).  Hence, some prefer to refer to
;; what are collectively termed by linguists the "Five Nations Iroquois"
;; languages (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca) by the autonym
;; "Haudenosaunee" (e.g., "Haudenosaunee languages").
;;
;; However, it should be noted that the term "Haudenosaunee" is itself
;; an Anglicized form, probably from Seneca Hodínöhsö:ni:h 'they make
;; houses' or Hodínöhšo:ni:h 'People of the Long House'.  Speakers of
;; Cayuga may prefer the word Hodinǫhsǫ:nih, and speakers of Mohawk may
;; prefer Rotinonhsón:ni or Rotinonhsíón:ni.  These terms themselves
;; collectively relate to the confederacy of Indigenous nations that has
;; existed in what is now known as New York State in Northeastern North
;; America for many centuries, the founding of which is retold in oral
;; tradition in the story of The Peacemaker.
;;
;; It should also be noted that while Tuscarora and Wendat languages are
;; both sometimes included under the "Haudenosaunee languages" umbrella
;; (and by implication, those groups as a part of the Haudenosaunee
;; Confederacy), the exact extent of what defines "Haudenosaunee" has
;; occasionally caused controversy.
;;
;; Additionally, some prefer to collectively refer to the "Haudenosaunee
;; languages" using the terms Onkwehonwehnéha (Mohawk), Ukwehuwehnéha
;; (Oneida), Ǫgwehǫwekhá’ (Onondaga), Ǫgwehǫwéhneha:ˀ (Cayuga), and
;; Ögwé’öwe:ka:’ (Seneca), which all mean 'in the manner of the Original
;; People'.
;;
;; Bearing all of this in mind, I have opted to retain the term
;; "Iroquoian" in the name of this file (`iroquoian.el') (and hence, in
;; the symbol names in its namespace), while using "Haudenosaunee" in
;; the name of the input method that encompasses all of the languages so
;; far implemented: "haudenosaunee-postfix" --- this is the name shown
;; as a completion candidate after users enter M-x set-input-method RET.
;; Note that those searching for input methods for the individual
;; languages should have no problem finding them knowing only their
;; Anglicized names (e.g., Mohawk, Oneida, etc.), as these have been
;; retained in the names of the corresponding input methods.
;;
;; Above all, I hope that these decisions help those who wish to speak,
;; read, and write Onkwehonwehnéha.
;;
;; Iorihowá:nen ne aiónhnheke’ ne raotiwén:na’!
;; It is important that the language continues to live!
;;

(defconst iroquoian-haudenosaunee-modifier-alist
  (seq-uniq (append iroquoian-mohawk-modifier-alist
                    iroquoian-oneida-modifier-alist
                    iroquoian-onondaga-modifier-alist
                    iroquoian-cayuga-modifier-alist
                    iroquoian-seneca-modifier-alist))
  "Alist of rules for modifier letters in Haudenosaunee input methods.
Entries are as with rules in `quail-define-rules'.")