Editing Tuscarora people (section)

==Language==
[[Skarure]], the [[Tuscarora language]], belongs to the northern branch of the [[Iroquoian languages]]. Linguists and historians have both tried to determine when the Iroquoian-speaking [[Meherrin]] and [[Nottoway Tribe|Nottoway]] tribes separated from the Tuscarora. Before initial contact (1650), the English, based on reports from [[Algonquin people|Algonquian]] natives, thought the three tribes were one people, as the Algonquian speakers referred to them by the [[exonym]] ''Mangoag.'' Following encounter by the English with the Tuscarora and other tribes, the colonists noted they used the same interpreters to translate with each of the peoples, which meant their languages were closely related.

Although the Nottoway language went extinct in the early 1900s, linguists have been able to determine that it was distinct, although closely related to Tuscarora.<ref>[[Blair Rudes]], ''International Journal of American Linguistics,'' Vol 47 No. 1 (Jan 1981) pp. 27–49.</ref> In addition, the [[Nottoway people|Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Tribe]] has been working to revitalize the Nottoway Language in recent times. In historic times, the three tribes always identified as distinct and independent peoples.