Mohican language
Mohican (also known as Mahican, not to be confused with Mohegan, Mahican: Mã’eekaneeweexthowãakan) is a language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, itself a member of the Algic language family. It was spoken in the territory of present-day eastern New York state and Vermont by the Mohican people but is believed to have been extinct since the 1930s. However, since the late 2010s, the language is being revived, with adults learning the language, and children being raised having Mohican as their first language.
Mohican | |
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Mã’eekaneeweexthowãakan | |
Native to | United States |
Region | New York, Vermont |
Extinct | ca. 1940 |
Revival | 2010s onward |
Algic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mjy |
Glottolog | mahi1248 |
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