Mohawk language
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".
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Iroquoian language
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Mohawk nation
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Canada
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Ontario
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Quebec
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Haudenosaunee Confederacy
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United States
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New York
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Mohicans
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French
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Mohawk language
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