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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Mohawk,Kanien'kehaka

<b>Description:</b>

Mohawk is a Native American language spoken by the Mohawk nation in the United States and Canada. It is part of the Iroquoian family. In schools of northern New York particularly in Native American Reservations Native American Languages are taught depending on the tribe in the reservation
Mohawk has three major dialects: Western (Six Nations and Tyendinaga), Central (Ahkwesáhsne), and Eastern (Kahnawà:ke and Kanehsatà:ke); the differences between them are largely phonological. The pronunciation of /r/ and several consonant clusters may differ in the dialects.
The phoneme inventory is as follows (using the International Phonetic Alphabet). Phonological representation (underlying forms) are in /slashes/, and the standard Mohawk orthography is in bold.
An interesting feature of Mohawk (and Iroquoian) phonology is that there are no labials, except in a few adoptions from French and English, where [m] and [p] appear (e.g., mátsis matches and aplám Abraham); these sounds are late additions to Mohawk phonology and were introduced after widespread European contact. The word "Mohawk" itself is an exonym.
The Central (Ahkwesáhsne) dialect has the following consonant clusters:
All clusters<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=181653 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Mohawk Language Speakers</h2>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/canada Canada]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/americas Americas]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-2 Code: </b></td><td>moh</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>moh</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
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  [[Iroquoian Group]]

    [[Northern Iroquoian Group]]

      [[Five Nations Group]]

        [[Mohawk-Oneida Group]]

          <b>[[Mohawk Language]]</b>

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