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North America
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,850

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A small number of children are native speakers. There are also several hundred second language speakers.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; USA;

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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.

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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.

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Year of info

2012

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Brock University in St. Catharines Ontario offers a degree in Aborginal Studies that includes courses in the Mohawk Language. This is an attempt by the University and 6 Nations to preserve the language and culture.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; USA;

Coordinates

45.0333,-79.7333

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; USA;

Coordinates

42.9116,-74.5587; 45.0033,-74.6497; 44.189,-77.1494; 45.4013,-73.6677

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3760

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Ethnic Population

30,000

Non-monolingual speakers

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760 in Canada (2001 census)...Ethnic population: 24,000 in Canada, 30,000 including USA (1999 SIL).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; USA;

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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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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

English

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

3640

Domains of Use

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

100

Semi-speakers

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Ethnic Population

30,000

Non-monolingual speakers

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Canada: 540 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 24,000 (1999 SIL). US: 3000 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 6,000 (1999 SIL).

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

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Canada, USA

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,850

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Canada; USA;

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Year of info

2005

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Coordinates

43.5,-74.25

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Native Speakers Worldwide

3,350

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
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    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
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    http://www.oralliterature.org
  5. North America
    Golla, Victor. 2007. "North America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 1-96. London & New York: Routledge.
  6. 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.
  7. Endangered Languages of the United States
    Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.
  8. The World Atlas of Language Structures
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  9. 2012. .Brock University. Online: http://www.brocku.ca/webcal/2012/undergrad/abst.html.
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  10. A Grammar of Akwesasne Mohawk
    Bonvillain, Nancy. 1973. "A Grammar of Akwesasne Mohawk." Ottawa: National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada.
  11. Le Mohawk
    Mithun, M. 1992. "Le Mohawk." In Les langues autochtones du Québec, edited by Jacques Maurais. 35: 235-245. Québec: Les Publications du Québec.
  12. A Grammar of Akwesasne Mohawk
    Bonvillain, Nancy. 1973. "A Grammar of Akwesasne Mohawk." 8: National Museum of Man.
  13. Some Syntactic Rules in Mohawk
    Postal, Paul. 1963. "Some Syntactic Rules in Mohawk."
  14. The Grammaticalization of Coordination
    Mithun, Marianne. 1988. "The Grammaticalization of Coordination." In Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse, edited by John Haiman and Sandra A. Thompson. 331-359. John Benjamins.
  15. The Polysynthesis Parameter
    Baker, Mark C. 1996. "The Polysynthesis Parameter." Oxford University Press.
  16. One Thousand Useful Mohawk Words
    Maracle, David Kanatawakhon. 1992. "One Thousand Useful Mohawk Words." Audio-Forum.