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Mohawk (Kanienʼkéha/ Kanyenʼkéha)
Native to: United States, Canada
Region: Ontario, Quebec and northern New York
Ethnicity: Mohawk people
Native speakers: 3,875 (2011-2016)
Language family: Iroquoian

Mohawk (Kanienʼkéha, "[language] of the Flint Place") is an Iroquoian language currently spoken by around 3,500 people of the Mohawk nation, located primarily in Canada (southern Ontario and Quebec), the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and to a lesser extent in the United States (western and northern New York). The word "Mohawk" is an exonym. In the Mohawk language, the people say that they are from Kanienʼkehá꞉ka or "Flint Stone Place" or "People of the Flint Nation".

The Mohawks were extremely wealthy traders, as other nations in their confederacy needed their flint for tool-making. Their Algonquian-speaking neighbors (and competitors), the People of Muh-heck Heek Ing ("food-area place"), a people called by the Dutch "Mohicans" or "Mahicans", called the People of Ka-nee-en Ka "Maw Unk Lin" or Bear People. The Dutch heard and wrote that as "Mohawks" and so the People of Kan-ee-en Ka are often referred to as Mohawks. The Dutch also referred to the Mohawk as Egils or Maquas. The French adapted those terms as Aigniers or Maquis, or called them by the generic Iroquois.

Links
Information about the Mohawk people and language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_language
http://www.ohwejagehka.com/moh-body1.htm
https://www.jw.org/
http://kanienkeha.blogspot.com
http://glosbe.com/en/moh/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.languagepal.mohawkandroid&hl=en&gl=US
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/literacy/mohawk/mohawk.html
http://www.tyendinaga.net
http://www.kahnawake.com

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