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Also Known As:
Kanienʼkeha, Kanien'kehaka, Kanyenʼkéha
Dialects & Varieties
- Ohsweken
- Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)
- Kanehsatake (Oka)
- Thayendinaga
- Wahta
- Ahkwesahsne (St. Regis)
- Wahta (Gibson)
North America
Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.
Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,850
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
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Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Canada; USA;
Location Description
There are six modern Mohawk communities, located primarily in Canada: Kahnawake and Kanehsatake in the vicinity of Montreal; Ahkwesahsne on the St. Lawrence River at the US-Canadian border; Ohsweken (Six Nations on the Grand River in southern Ontario; the Tyendinaga Reserve on the Bay of Quinté near Kingston; and a small settlement at Gibson (Wahta) east of Georgian Bay.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
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Language in the Community
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This article presents a women's group; Kontiwennenha:Wi, who sing in their native language; Kanye
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Language in the Community
A conversation with Six Nations Auntie emergent Otsistohkwí:yo Melissa Elliott.
