Mohawk language

E73672
Indigenous language of North America Iroquoian language morphologically complex language polysynthetic language

The Mohawk language is an Indigenous Iroquoian language of North America, traditionally spoken by the Mohawk people in regions of what are now New York, Ontario, and Quebec.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mohawk language canonical 33
Kanien’kéha (Mohawk language) 1
Laurentian language 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
Iroquoian language ⓘ
morphologically complex language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
alignment nominative–accusative ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Cayuga language ⓘ
Oneida language ⓘ
Onondaga language ⓘ
Seneca language ⓘ
Tuscarora language ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicGroup Mohawk ⓘ
family Iroquoian languages ⓘ
surface form: Iroquoian language family
grammarType head-marking ⓘ
hasDialects Akwesasne variety ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Mohawk

Kahnawà:ke variety ⓘ
Kanesatake variety ⓘ
Six Nations variety ⓘ
Tyendinaga variety ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
surface form: Western Mohawk
hasFeature inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural ⓘ
noun incorporation ⓘ
pronominal prefixes on verbs ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
ISO639-1 moh ⓘ
ISO639-2 moh ⓘ
ISO639-3 moh ⓘ
languageCode moh ⓘ
morphology agglutinative features ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
phonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters ⓘ
contrastive vowel length ⓘ
laryngeal consonants ⓘ
region New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

Ontario ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
regulatoryBody community language committees ⓘ
revitalization subject of language revitalization programs ⓘ
scriptType alphabetic ⓘ
spokenBy Mohawk people ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
subfamily Iroquoian languages ⓘ
surface form: Northern Iroquoian languages
traditionalRegion Mohawk Valley ⓘ
Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
surface form: St. Lawrence River valley
usedFor ceremonial contexts ⓘ
community media ⓘ
cultural preservation ⓘ
usedIn immersion schools in Mohawk communities ⓘ
wordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mohawk → language → Mohawk language ⓘ
Mohawk people → language → Mohawk language ⓘ
Haudenosaunee → hasLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Iroquoian languages → includesLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Iroquoian languages → includesLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurentian language
Iroquoian languages → hasMember → Mohawk language ⓘ
council of chiefs → languageOfRecord → Mohawk language ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Chiefs (Mohawk)
Kahnawà:ke → hasOfficialLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanien’kéha (Mohawk language)
Akwesasne → hasOfficialLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory → hasLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Six Nations of the Grand River → languageUsed → Mohawk language ⓘ
Wahta Mohawk Territory → hasTraditionalLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Tuscarora language → relatedTo → Mohawk language ⓘ
Five Nations → usesLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Six Nations → usesLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
People of the Flint → hasLanguageContext → Mohawk language ⓘ
Kanesatake → hasIndigenousLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
People of the Longhouse → traditionalLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Oneida language → closelyRelatedTo → Mohawk language ⓘ
Seneca language → closelyRelatedTo → Mohawk language ⓘ
Cayuga language → closelyRelatedTo → Mohawk language ⓘ
Onondaga language → closelyRelatedTo → Mohawk language ⓘ
Wyandot language → closelyRelatedTo → Mohawk language ⓘ
North American language family → includes → Mohawk language ⓘ
Mahikan language → relatedTo → Mohawk language ⓘ
American Indian languages → includeLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
St. Francis Xavier Mission → languageUsedInLiturgy → Mohawk language ⓘ
Mohawk traditional territory → languageAssociated → Mohawk language ⓘ
Mohawk Council of Akwesasne → languageUsed → Mohawk language ⓘ
Ahkwesáhsne → hasLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
St. Regis Mohawk Reservation → traditionalLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte → language → Mohawk language ⓘ
Mohawk First Nation community → hasLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Ohsweken, Ontario → hasPrimaryLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe → hasTraditionalLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ