Mohawk language
- noun
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idioma mohawk
- This mission, like others in the area, was permitted to use the vernacular for the sung propers and ordinaries of the Roman Mass on The New Liturgical Movement, which includes images of chants from some of the Requiem Masses in the Mohawk language.
Examples
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Onkwehonwe is a Mohawk language term that we use to talk about ourselves or others as Indigenous people.
Academic text (2009) -
In some cases, language revitalization becomes part of general community life, as at Akwesasne, where the weekly community newspaper, Indian Time, carries regular Mohawk language lessons by Mary Arquette that cover everyday situations, such as weather: "Teioweratashne,"
Academic text (2004) -
The message is also written out in the Mohawk language.
Blog text (15) -
Students attending schools bordering a Native American reservation are given lists written in their native Mohawk language.
Academic text (1996) -
The message is also written out in the Mohawk language.
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Onkwehonwe is a Mohawk language term that we use to talk about ourselves or others as Indigenous people.
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Students attending schools bordering a Native American reservation are given lists written in their native Mohawk language.
Synonyms
A Native American language spoken in parts of New York and eastern Canada
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the language of the Mohawk people' is directly and compositionally derived from 'Mohawk' (the ethnic group/name) + 'language' (a system of speech). The pattern 'X language' is cross-linguistically common and follows a straightforward naming convention, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Mohawk language comes from the name outsiders used for the Mohawk people; the people call themselves 'Kanien'kehá:ka', which means 'people of the flint'. So the phrase simply means 'the language spoken by the Mohawk people'.
