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mohawk language
The MohawkLanguage is a MohawkOneidaLanguage of Canada. SIL code: MOH. ISO 639-2: moh. Population: 350 mother tongue speakers in Canada (1998 Statistics Canada) out of 30,000 population including USA (1999 SIL). Population total both countries: 2,000 to 4,000. Region: Southwestern Quebec, southern Ontario. Comments: Bilingualism in English. Most speakers are middle-aged or over. In some areas younger ones may speak the language. Dictionary. Grammar. Literacy rate in second language: 75% to 100%. Bible portions 1787-1991. Also spoken in: USA. (Language name: MOHAWK.) Population: 1,667 speakers in the USA (1990 census) out of 30,000 in the ethnic group in both countries (1999 SIL). Alternate names: KANIEN'KEHAKA. Comments: Bilingualism in English. Most speakers are middle-aged or older. In some areas the younger ones may speak the language. Bible portions 1787-1991.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancescontent bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 five nations languageOf the eight NorthernIroquoianLanguages, five related languages are classified as a FiveNationsLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 iroquoian languageAn IroquoianLanguage is any of 10 related languages found in NorthAmerica that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 language familyA LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family)
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 mohawk oneida languageOf the five FiveNationsLanguages, two closely related languages are classified as a MohawkOneidaLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 natural languageThe subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages.
 northern iroquoian languageOf the 10 IroquoianLanguages, eight related languages are classified as a NorthernIroquoianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
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