Also Known As:
Kanienʼkeha, Kanien'kehaka, Kanyenʼkéha
Dialects & Varieties
- Ohsweken
- Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)
- Kanehsatake (Oka)
- Thayendinaga
- Wahta
- Ahkwesahsne (St. Regis)
- Wahta (Gibson)
Recent Resources
Language and Technology
A Kanien'kéha language learning video game.
Language and Technology
A language learning video game playable in both Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) and English.
Language in Society
All but one of Canada’s Indigenous languages are critically endangered.
Threatened
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
about 3,800
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 3
Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.
3
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
1
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Pentangelo, Joseph. 2020. Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) (United States and Canada) - Language Snapshot . Language Documentation and Description 19, 1-8. http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/203
Bibliography of Locations:
Pentangelo, Joseph. 2020. Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) (United States and Canada) - Language Snapshot . Language Documentation and Description 19, 1-8. http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/203
Bibliography of Context:
Pentangelo, Joseph. 2020. Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) (United States and Canada) - Language Snapshot . Language Documentation and Description 19, 1-8. http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/203