12 Facts About Mohawk language

The North Country and Adirondack region of present-day Upstate New York would have constituted the greater part of the Mohawk language-speaking area lasting until the end of the 18th century.

Mohawk language has various online dictionaries such as 'FirstVoices' and 'Kanien'keha' which offer insight in the translation of Mohawk words.

Many of the Mohawk words are expressed as sentiments and do not have direct translation into other language, thus making dictionaries a good but difficult resource.

Secondary sources are excellent ways at understanding a Mohawk language to keep it revitalized, which is why dictionaries are good for learning, but should not be the basis of learning a Mohawk language because emotions and culture can be lost in translation.

Mohawk language is currently classified as threatened, and the number of native speakers has continually declined over the past several years.

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Mohawk language is used in the films Mohawk and Black Robe and the television series Barkskins.

Mohawk language has three major dialects: Western, Central, and Eastern ; the differences between them are largely phonological.

Mohawk language words have both stress and tone, and it can be classified as a restricted tone system .

Mohawk language orthography uses the following letters: ?a e h i k n o r s t w y? along with ?'? and ???.

Mohawk language words tend to be longer on average than words in English, primarily because they consist of a large amount of morphemes, or 'meaningful parts'.

Mohawk language seems to prefer aspect markers to tense to express grammaticalisation in time.

One of the features of Mohawk language called noun incorporation allows a verb to absorb a noun into it.