Mohawk

Indigenous language spoken by Mohawk peoples in North America

Languagenatural language modern languageQ13339

Also known as Kanien’kéha · Mohawk language · Kanyen'kéha

Speakers: 3,500
Subclass of: Iroquoian languages
Script: Latin script
Indigenous to: Ontario
, Quebec
, New York

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Mohawk or Kanienʼkéha is an Iroquoian language currently spoken by around 3,500 people of the Mohawk nation, located primarily in current or former Haudenosaunee territories, predominantly in Canada, and to a lesser extent in the United States, although the historical center of the language was further south.

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Works in this language

4 linked to Mohawk in Wikidata

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49 statements · 33% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Linguistic typology: polysynthetic language
Ethnologue language status: 6b Threatened
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/language/mohRetrieved 2019-05-10
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Country: Canada
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1.“ScriptSource - Canada”scriptsource.org/country/CARetrieved 2023-08-21
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United States
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1.“ScriptSource - United States”scriptsource.org/country/USRetrieved 2023-08-21
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Category for films in this language: Category:Mohawk-language films
UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered

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27 identifiers linking Mohawk across the web's reference databases

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AIDB. (2026). Mohawk (Q13339). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/mohawk-Q13339