Iroquoian family

Mohawk

1500 CE – today Living

Mohawk (1500 CE – today) is a living Iroquoian language. Lineage: Proto-Iroquoian → Proto-Northern Iroquoian → Mohawk.

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Speakers
3.5K (3,500)
ISO 639-3
moh
Glottocode
moha1258

Five Nations Iroquoian, spoken in Quebec, Ontario and New York. Well-known immersion revitalization programs.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Iroquoianc. 2,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Northern Iroquoianc. 1,000 BCE – 500 CE
  3. Mohawk1500 CE – today

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Northern Iroquoian.

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