Also Known As:
Kanienʼkeha, Kanien'kehaka, Kanyenʼkéha
Dialects & Varieties
- Ohsweken
- Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)
- Kanehsatake (Oka)
- Thayendinaga
- Wahta
- Ahkwesahsne (St. Regis)
- Wahta (Gibson)
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3760
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
30,000
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Location and Context
Countries
Canada; USA;
Location Description
Ontario, the Six Nations Reserve, south, the Tyendinaga Reserve on the Bay of Quinte near Kingston, and a small settlement at Gibson east of Georgian Bay; Quebec, Caughnawaga and Oka in the vicinity of Montreal.
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Other Languages Used By The Community
English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
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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.
