Mohawk language

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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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
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 (12)

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

Haudenosaunee → hasLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory → hasLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Iroquoian languages → hasMember → Mohawk language ⓘ
Akwesasne → hasOfficialLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Kahnawà:ke → hasOfficialLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanien’kéha (Mohawk language)
Iroquoian languages → includesLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
Iroquoian languages → includesLanguage → Mohawk language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurentian language
Mohawk → language → Mohawk language ⓘ
Mohawk people → language → Mohawk language ⓘ
council of chiefs → languageOfRecord → Mohawk language ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Chiefs (Mohawk)