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What language did the Mohawk Indians speak?

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The Mohawk Indians spoke Kanien'kéha, also called Mohawk language, which is Iroquoian language part of Iroquoian family, with distinct dialects in Kahnawake, Akwesasne, and other communities, still spoken today with revitalization efforts. Kanien'kéha is polysynthetic language where one word can be whole sentence with prefixes and suffixes indicating subject and object, with complex verbs, and it is part of Northern Iroquoian languages including Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora. Mohawk language has three dialects Western at Six Nations and Tyendinaga, Central at Akwesasne, Eastern at Kahnawake and Kanesatake, with differences in pronunciation. Historically Mohawks spoke Kanien'kéha as first language, now many speak English and French but language revitalization programs in schools teach Kanien'kéha to preserve it. So Mohawk Indians spoke Kanien'kéha, Iroquoian language, People of the Flint language, with oral tradition, wampum, and now written with Latin alphabet, taught in immersion schools in Kahnawake and Akwesasne to keep language alive, with around 3,000 speakers remaining, part of Haudenosaunee languages.
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