Mohawk
Kanienʼkéha; Kanien'kehaka;
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A small number of children are native speakers. There are also several hundred second language speakers.
2008
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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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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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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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2010
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45.0333,-79.7333
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2010
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42.9116,-74.5587; 45.0033,-74.6497; 44.189,-77.1494; 45.4013,-73.6677
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760 in Canada (2001 census)...Ethnic population: 24,000 in Canada, 30,000 including USA (1999 SIL).
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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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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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Canada: 540 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 24,000 (1999 SIL). US: 3000 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 6,000 (1999 SIL).
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- 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 University2012. "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."
- 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.)http://www.ethnologue.com/
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- 2012. .Brock University. Online: http://www.brocku.ca/webcal/2012/undergrad/abst.html.http://www.brocku.ca/webcal/2012/undergrad/abst.html
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