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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mohawk language canonical | 33 |
| Kanien’kéha (Mohawk language) | 1 |
| Laurentian language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T588119 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mohawk language Context triple: [Mohawk, language, Mohawk language]
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A.
Mahican language
The Mahican language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language historically spoken by the Mahican people of the upper Hudson River Valley in what is now New York State.
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B.
Iroquoian languages
The Iroquoian languages are a family of indigenous North American languages historically spoken by the Iroquois and related peoples in the northeastern woodlands and southeastern regions of what is now the United States and Canada.
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C.
Naskapi language
The Naskapi language is an Indigenous Algonquian language spoken primarily by the Naskapi people of northern Quebec and Labrador in Canada.
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D.
Munsee language
The Munsee language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Munsee Lenape people of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, now critically endangered with only a few fluent speakers.
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E.
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language
The Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Maliseet and Passamaquoddy peoples in what is now northeastern North America, particularly in parts of Maine and New Brunswick.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mohawk language Target entity description: 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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A.
Mahican language
The Mahican language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language historically spoken by the Mahican people of the upper Hudson River Valley in what is now New York State.
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B.
Iroquoian languages
The Iroquoian languages are a family of indigenous North American languages historically spoken by the Iroquois and related peoples in the northeastern woodlands and southeastern regions of what is now the United States and Canada.
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C.
Naskapi language
The Naskapi language is an Indigenous Algonquian language spoken primarily by the Naskapi people of northern Quebec and Labrador in Canada.
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D.
Munsee language
The Munsee language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Munsee Lenape people of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, now critically endangered with only a few fluent speakers.
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E.
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language
The Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Maliseet and Passamaquoddy peoples in what is now northeastern North America, particularly in parts of Maine and New Brunswick.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mohawk language Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Laurentian language
subject surface form:
Council of Chiefs (Mohawk)
this entity surface form:
Kanien’kéha (Mohawk language)