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Extinct language of North America From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohawk Dutch is a now extinct Dutch-based creole language mainly spoken during the 17th century west of Albany, New York, in the area around the Mohawk River, by the Dutch colonists who traded with or to a lesser extent mixed with the local population from the Mohawk nation.
Mohawk Dutch | |
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Native to | New Netherland |
Region | North America |
Extinct | possibly late 19th to early 20th century |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
At the height of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands's North American colony of New Netherland, there were 18 languages spoken within Dutch-controlled territory.[1][citation not found] Dutch settlers frequently married indigenous women, most commonly from the Mohawk, with whom they were strong allies.[2] The resulting children often drifted between the territory of the Iroquois Confederacy and New Netherland, forming among themselves a creole taking elements from both languages.
One lullaby purported to be in Mohawk Dutch was recorded as part of the research for the Dictionary of American Regional English;[3] it is mostly German with one Dutch diminutive suffix (whose German equivalent also occurs), one Dutch word and one word ("baby") that probably comes from a local language.[citation needed]
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