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Yonteweyenhstahkwa kanyen'keha : Mohawk Language Dictionary : A Root Dictionary to be used as a Resource and Reference Text for any Mohawk Language Learning Situation
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Language Name
Mohawk.
Alternate Language Names
Kanien'kéha, Kanyen'kéha.
Region
Ontario and Quebec, Canada; New York, United States.
Who
David Kanatawakhon-Maracle.
Others Involved
This dictionary doesn't provide any information on others who may have been involved.
Publishing Information
This resource was published in 2002, by the Centre for Research and Teaching of Canadian Native Languages at the University of Western Ontario.
How People are Cited
This resource doesn't cite anyone who may have contributed to the dictionary.
How Information is Cited
This dictionary doesn't cite where the information it contains comes from.
Where is Information Coming from
This dictionary does not indicate where information is coming from or what sources were used.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is a physical book.
Access
This dictionary can be accessed through select libraries.
Included Languages and Directionality
English to Mohawk, Mohawk to English.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This dictionary is a bilingual, bidirectional wordlist which includes a grammar.
How are Entries Organised
This dictionary begins with a short guide to pronunciation.
The dictionary includes a Mohawk to English dictionary. Entries are organized alphabetically by Mohawk word, which is bolded. The Mohawk word is followed by an English definition in italics. The English definition is often followed by example words which contain the Mohawk entry word or have a similar meaning and structure to it. Example words are written twice: once bolded and once in brackets, broken down into its morphemes, or the smallest units of the word which have meaning. Example words have their own English translations. If more than one example word exists, they are listed one after the other. The last part of the dictionary is an English to Mohawk dictionary, again organized alphabetically, but this time by English word. Mohawk words remain in bold. Sometimes, the English entry is a phrase instead of a single word, but all entries translate to single Mohawk words. Entries consist of the English word or phrase, followed by the Mohawk translation or translations in bold.
The resource also includes a grammar, beginning with a section on Pronominal Prefixes and goes over how to create a someone to something paradigm for singular, dual, and plural scenarios. Someone to something paradigms are essentially the relationship between the subject and object of a verb or phrase. After this section is a section on Prepronominal Prefixes. This section goes over how to add prefixes to someone or something pronominal with different descriptives. The section is organized based on prefix type: The Definite, The Intentive, and The Non-Definite. This is followed by a section on Prepronominals Which Modify: the Iterative, the Cislocative, the Translocative, the Dualic, the Parative, the Co-Incident, and the Contrastive. All these prepronominals are followed by examples of their uses with the intentive, the definite, and the non-definite prepronominals indicating temporal, and as a descriptive if applicable.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | ❌ | The dictionary provides descriptions of how to navigate sections, but doesn't explain individual section components |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | Some words translate to phrases, but no example phrases are given. Sometimes, however, example words are given. |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ | No dialect is specified for this entry |
Other Notes
This dictionary is intended to be used alongside David Kanatawakhon-Maracle's other resource, Akwekon Tetewakhanyon = Let's Put It All Together: Mohawk Language Course Dictionary. Akwekon Tetewakhanyon covers grammar and vocabulary in a very similar way to this one, with small differences in the format of entries, but Akwekon Tetewakhanyon doesn't cover vocabulary in as much depth. In general, this resource is meant to provide more information on the basic components of language while Akwekon Tetewakhanyon includes more information on how to put sentences or concepts together.
External Links
Yonteweyenhstahkwa kanyen'keha: Mohawk Language Dictionary : A Root Dictionary to be used as a Resource and Reference Text for any Mohawk Language Learning Situation can be accessed on WorldCat at: https://search.worldcat.org/title/1110322399
David Kanatawakhon-Maracle's partner resource, Akwekon Tetewakhanyon = Let's Put It All Together: Mohawk Language Course Dictionary, can be accessed on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/1079058276?oclcNum=1079058276