Description :Tehahenteh, Ima Johnson, Vina Loft, Mini Hill, Sandra Loft and Peter Loft compare words in different Mohawk dialects.

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Audio Details

• Recording Date: June 4, 1996
• Community: Six Nations of the Grand River
• Language: Mohawk (Kanyen’kéha)
• Recording Context: Educational use

Content and Timestamps

0:00 Tehahenteh Reads book, starting at p 98
0:40 Ima explains the meaning of school
2:00 talks about the word rainbow, yohnya’tí:ron
2:30 jello, yawisónhkwa

3:00 reads book, dictionary
4:00 crayon, ohsóhkwa versus ahsónhkwa

11:00 talk about difference in dialects

30:20 side 2
30:25 continue to compare words in dictionary

52:55 no talking, but just shuffling around
53:55 reads part 2 of book
54:40 tekeniyáhse, -yáhse, etc, they all say it like that at 56:30
56:00 Mini wakena’khón:’on not wakena’khwén:’en
58:50 yonkyataterihonnyén:ni, not yonkeniwennà:note
1:00:33 end

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• Speakers: Tehahenteh, Ima Johnson, Vina Loft, Mini Hill, Sandra Loft, Peter Loft
• Recording Date: June 4, 1996
• Usage Permissions: Approved for educational Use
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